Some are just young girls thrown into situations that shape them. Not all are part of the above classification. She captures the little girl who is strong when she has every reason not to be. Now I can add Julie Orringer to the list. Motherless-child-of-cancer-who-has-many-regrets (read: Catholic Guilt)-and-is-stunted-therefore-never-learning-how-to-be-a-real-grownup! Lorrie Moore, Susan Minot, Sonya Sones …they nail it. I seem to be drawn to a certain classification. One that writers can hone in on and know that I am where the $$$ is at. They are noxious memories that cannot be candy coated. Those events and my actions are a part of me. These stories pull at my gut and bring me back to times where ‘shoulda’ and ‘maybe if’ exist even though I know I can never go back and undo what has happened. Why? Because these characters are better than me and I live in retrospect. It’s been 3 days since I finished it and I find myself going back and rereading lines and calling up scenes. I was thinking I might just skip the review thingy and just leave it as ‘holy shit’ and be done with it. I can’t really express how much this book affected me.
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