A review by awildernessofbooks
Zorrie by Laird Hunt

5.0

This book hit all the right notes for me. Quiet, contemplative, bringing beauty out of an ordinary life. We follow Zorrie from a young orphan, through her time as a “ghost girl” in a radium plant, and most firmly in a small farming community in Indiana. We follow her as she experiences life, loss, tries new work endeavors, makes new friends, and cultivates life-long relationships. We listen to her wonderings on life, love, aging, grief, faith, work, friendships, and their meaning and beauty. This is a short 160-page novella that helped me to reflect on what adds value to a life and what it might look like at the end looking back.