A review by grapie_deltaco
The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone by Natalie Eve Garrett
4.0
*Thank you, NetGalley, for giving me an ARC in exchange for an honest review*
In a lovely collection of essays tackling loneliness, we see varying voices exploring grief, heartache, loss, racism, xenophobia, poverty, parenthood, chronic illness, etc.
While we still go about our day-to-day lives in a seemingly never ending pandemic, reading about the hope that comes out in the different understandings of loneliness featured in this collection helped put into words some things I'd been grappling with. Solitude and separation through multiple lenses and different writing styles helps make the term feel like it's expanding.
There were definitely a few essays that felt more fleshed out and put-together than others but overall, this was incredibly insightful.
CW: death, grief, miscarriage, terminally ill loved ones, references to slavery, mentions of police brutality, racism, xenophobia
In a lovely collection of essays tackling loneliness, we see varying voices exploring grief, heartache, loss, racism, xenophobia, poverty, parenthood, chronic illness, etc.
While we still go about our day-to-day lives in a seemingly never ending pandemic, reading about the hope that comes out in the different understandings of loneliness featured in this collection helped put into words some things I'd been grappling with. Solitude and separation through multiple lenses and different writing styles helps make the term feel like it's expanding.
There were definitely a few essays that felt more fleshed out and put-together than others but overall, this was incredibly insightful.
CW: death, grief, miscarriage, terminally ill loved ones, references to slavery, mentions of police brutality, racism, xenophobia