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A review by oneskyolder
The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser
5.0
• One of those books I finished and immediately wished I could read for the first time again.
• The word I’d use to describe my experience of reading The Crane Wife is “savor”—every word, sentence, and sentiment that CJ Hauser penned down felt so precious.
• Hauser is incredibly astute, frank, humorous, tender, and honest in her observations and lessons on life. I love that her essays sometimes take you on twists and turns, pulling from seemingly different or unrelated storylines, for it to all come together at the end.
• The Crane Wife (which I presume the book is named after?) remains my favorite short story and essay of all time. A few years ago, two people who were important in my life and who didn’t know each other miraculously sent me the essay on the same day and told me I would love it. And they were damn right, because since then I’ve been re-reading it every couple of months, especially when I want to feel something
• The word I’d use to describe my experience of reading The Crane Wife is “savor”—every word, sentence, and sentiment that CJ Hauser penned down felt so precious.
• Hauser is incredibly astute, frank, humorous, tender, and honest in her observations and lessons on life. I love that her essays sometimes take you on twists and turns, pulling from seemingly different or unrelated storylines, for it to all come together at the end.
• The Crane Wife (which I presume the book is named after?) remains my favorite short story and essay of all time. A few years ago, two people who were important in my life and who didn’t know each other miraculously sent me the essay on the same day and told me I would love it. And they were damn right, because since then I’ve been re-reading it every couple of months, especially when I want to feel something