Less than 100 pages and a super interesting read! It explores a very intricate mother-daughter relationship as the narrator comes to terms with her situation. It’s dark and real, honestly loved it.
Mar 18, 2025
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This book blew me away. I’d seen it all over the instagrams of bookshops in London (Daunt Books in particular promotes it like crazy) but even then I didn’t realise just how rich, nuanced, and self-analytical it would be.
Asako Yuzuki is raw and authentic in her depiction of female relationships, in a way that is so real, it’s piercing. From every angle she is able to analyze act of care, how it’s feminised, what it means to give and sacrifice, how that can result in self-negation — and how it ultimately affects all women from all backgrounds, shapes, and sizes.
And she *gets* food.
Nov 5, 2024
Just got this for Christmas, already it is the most moving piece of prose I have read all year and the best graphic novel I’ve read maybe in my life. Mia oberländer is a storytelling genius I’m in tears. If you have a weird relationship with your mother and her mother this is for you
Dec 25, 2024
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Kazuo Ishiguro's A Pale View of Hills, his debut! about a Japanese woman living in the UK whose oldest daughter recently committed suicide, and she's recalling memories from life in Japan after the bomb dropped (jaw-dropping twist in this one); Kayla Maiuri's Mother In the Dark, dual-timeline debut lit fic about a mother-daughter relationship, mental health, family, childhood etc, set in nyc and boston; and Annie Ernaux's The Years, a nobel prize-winning work of autofiction about one woman's life against backdrop of french history and culture from end of ww2 until now
Apr 29, 2024
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i overthink a lot of things but vibing out and reading a bit in a busy space is weirdly calming??
Oct 30, 2024
My dad always invites me to his fave rock bands’ concerts that happen to be in town, and honestly i know so few of them but I always say yes. sometimes I brush up on the discography but more often than not I just kinda raw dog the experience. Like tonight, we saw IQ and wow, the guitarist was actually ablaze he was so good.
Sometimes it’s nice to just accompany someone to something they really enjoy. you Might end up enjoying it too!!!
I have, every time.
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You invite your closest pals, task them with bringing one of their best vinyls, and a bottle of wine. You drink, you listen, you vibe
Sep 23, 2024