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A review by chick
Family Meal by Bryan Washington
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
“Family Meal” by Bryan Washington
I’m not really sure I have the words to describe what this book meant to me. It’s one of my favorites for the year. It’s the kind of book that feels like a world that I understand—the grief, family, and Houston. But also it’s an adjacent world because queer Houston now looks very different than it did for me, as a white woman queer person 20 years ago. Just. Damn.
This has weight and feels like you got to go on an emotional journey with these people.
How lucky are we to get to read a work like this one?
Whenever you need to come by, she said, there’s a place for you here.
I don’t think I can do that, I said.
There was a pause on the line. I could hear the words before she spoke them.
That’s all right, said Mae. As long as you know you can change your mind.
An A+ for sure for sure. Thanks The Novel Neighbor for sending this as part of my subscription. You nailed it.
I’m not really sure I have the words to describe what this book meant to me. It’s one of my favorites for the year. It’s the kind of book that feels like a world that I understand—the grief, family, and Houston. But also it’s an adjacent world because queer Houston now looks very different than it did for me, as a white woman queer person 20 years ago. Just. Damn.
This has weight and feels like you got to go on an emotional journey with these people.
How lucky are we to get to read a work like this one?
Whenever you need to come by, she said, there’s a place for you here.
I don’t think I can do that, I said.
There was a pause on the line. I could hear the words before she spoke them.
That’s all right, said Mae. As long as you know you can change your mind.
An A+ for sure for sure. Thanks The Novel Neighbor for sending this as part of my subscription. You nailed it.