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A review by lattelibrarian
Animal Wife by Lara Ehrlich
4.0
“She is eager to rewrite the pages. They are too grandiose, too preachy. She has come to appreciate short sentences.”
Animals, husbands, lovers. Turning the animal spouse trope on its head, Lara Ehrlich creates tales in which women are allowed to come to terms with girlhood, trauma, and life itself. One girl gets her first kiss as a monster gets close to shore. A widow invites a bear into her house. A student turns herself into a deer.
Told with lyrical prose, ranging from one paragraph to twenty-or-so pages, these short stories are beautiful, strange, and at times, haunting. Not to mention the absolutely stellar cover art!
Animals, husbands, lovers. Turning the animal spouse trope on its head, Lara Ehrlich creates tales in which women are allowed to come to terms with girlhood, trauma, and life itself. One girl gets her first kiss as a monster gets close to shore. A widow invites a bear into her house. A student turns herself into a deer.
Told with lyrical prose, ranging from one paragraph to twenty-or-so pages, these short stories are beautiful, strange, and at times, haunting. Not to mention the absolutely stellar cover art!