onecrab's review
4.0
I loved this quirky book. A random library find, I took it with me today and ended up starting & finishing it. Not only is it not a long book, it's a short read. The author gives short narrative stories on parts of her life ranging from childhood to adulthood, her relationship with her mother, with her therapists, and with her healers.
The author hooked me right away with her descriptions on time. From the first line, "Events in time are not -- boom -- over. they have tentacles, and they wrap around, and they swish back and forth, and they sink and swim."
I found the writings to be interesting, thought provoking, and often humourous.
The author hooked me right away with her descriptions on time. From the first line, "Events in time are not -- boom -- over. they have tentacles, and they wrap around, and they swish back and forth, and they sink and swim."
I found the writings to be interesting, thought provoking, and often humourous.
nectarine_waffle's review
3.0
A series of prose poems in loosely related paragraphs. Covers the idea of time, memory, Beastie Boys, motorcycles, motherhood, energy healing, childhood abuse. Fusselman is affiliated with McSweeney's, I loved her other book The Pharmacist's Mate, which is similar but more centered on the death of her father.
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