304 pages
English language
Published Dec. 13, 2020 by Canongate Books.
One for the shelves of my home. This was a lovely lovely warm read like a cup of cofee on a damp evening. So much joy and so much love pouring out. No book made me feel this way in a really long time. This book is going to stay with me for a very long time. Wonderfull read!!
Great read. Very emotional final 10%. Inspiring ending.
Side note: the string of disappointing male characters seemed a little contrived. The parade of disappointing dudes with banal flaws didn’t spoil the story, it’s just a bit distracting. I read it as the protagonist being so alienated from herself and her community that she mostly experienced her root life through the disappointments it brought, mired in regret and missing much of the joy
If I didn’t know the author was a heterosexual guy, I would have guessed that the author was a “dump him” feminist… i guess that’s a compliment to the author’s ability to get into the head of an opposite gender protagonist.
