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A review by alingtori
The Chronology of Water: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
My god, where do I even start with this book?
At the end, where I bawled like crazy? When she said that we have to—that we can—make our own family. Make our own story. No matter how fucked up we are, we can still make something out of nothing. That no matter how alone we feel, there is someone something somewhere out there that will hold us will accept us will make us feel alive.
At the beginning, which I read first in the digital form but re-read again as soon as I got a physical copy with that ~iconique~ cover (million thanks to bookendsbeginnings)?
In the middle, where I thought: "My god—Lidia Yuknavich, how can you assemble words and letters this way?" The way she wrote made me want to write. The way she used language to make me feel so deeply, to make me feel less alone, to make my life a bit more bearable.
I feel like this is a book that I can read over and over and over. In part and in whole. Whenever I feel another urge to drown myself, I will remember her words so that I can breathe again, even underwater.
At the end, where I bawled like crazy? When she said that we have to—that we can—make our own family. Make our own story. No matter how fucked up we are, we can still make something out of nothing. That no matter how alone we feel, there is someone something somewhere out there that will hold us will accept us will make us feel alive.
At the beginning, which I read first in the digital form but re-read again as soon as I got a physical copy with that ~iconique~ cover (million thanks to bookendsbeginnings)?
In the middle, where I thought: "My god—Lidia Yuknavich, how can you assemble words and letters this way?" The way she wrote made me want to write. The way she used language to make me feel so deeply, to make me feel less alone, to make my life a bit more bearable.
I feel like this is a book that I can read over and over and over. In part and in whole. Whenever I feel another urge to drown myself, I will remember her words so that I can breathe again, even underwater.