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Just wanted to share my happiness that arrived in the mail this week in the form of The Center of Winter :D
I am loving it! At the beginning it was strange because I am used to Marya beign quick and direct and here I found a lot of descriptions and the narrative was slow, sometimes a bit boring in the sense that I found myself thinking "When will something happen?" and then boom! after about ten pages I was so hooked. The book is totally Marya, the way she writes, the verb "holler" which appeared in Wasted a lot, the magic way in which she describes the change of seasons, the sarcastic humor... Have I mentioned that I love this writer beyond passion? :) The book reminds me a lot of To kill a mockingbird with touches of the Big African-American novels, specially Their eyes were watching god (Z.N. Hurston) and Song of Solomon (T. Morrison), and DEFINITELY it reminds me a lot of My Place a novel by native-Australian author Sally Morgan... but maybe it's just me -lol-
I sticked a piece of lace at the end to make a marker, it just occurred to me this morning and I think I'll do this with all my books
I just found out about Sane: Mental Illness, Addiction, and the Twelve Steps today. Has anyone else read it yet? I'm excited!
Hello! I know this may have been asked many times before, so I'm sorry for the repetition, but I feel a little desperate! Can someone direct me to a…
marya has a short fiction piece and two poems(!) up at slushpilemag.