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Priscilla Morris
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Black Butterflies
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2022
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31 editions
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"Jesus Christ I have so many thoughts on this book.
First and foremost, I have never experienced reading a book that was so vivid in imagery and paralleled my own life in so many ways. I hunger for books that reflect parts of me, and why Asian America" Read more of this review » |
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"I am most absolutely, definitely not unbiased in my rating of this book. This book made me feel so connected to home and so reminded of how deeply I love this city.
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“Yet each morning on waking up, she knows she would not exchange these weeks alone for anything. Tending to her own needs for a while is a form of bliss.”
― Black Butterflies
― Black Butterflies
“His absence is like a dull ache in her bones. What she wants right now, more than anything, is to have a hot bath and a stiff whisky, while he rubs her shoulders, and then sits on the closed toilet lid, an ashtray on his lap, keeping her company as she soaks.”
― Black Butterflies
― Black Butterflies
“Her husband, the sole other passenger, keeps his eyes closed and grips the handrail. His head droops, long spine curving. She could hardly stir him from bed. It’s the weekend and she’d hoped to spend her day in the studio, but the terse five a.m. phone call put a stop to that.
‘There’s been a break-in,’ her mother’s neighbour informed her. ‘Criminals, hooligans, God knows what. Dancing and drinking all night. Whooping and shouting. The police don’t want to know.”
― Black Butterflies
‘There’s been a break-in,’ her mother’s neighbour informed her. ‘Criminals, hooligans, God knows what. Dancing and drinking all night. Whooping and shouting. The police don’t want to know.”
― Black Butterflies
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“And although she’d tried to explain, her mother hadn’t understood at all. And the more Zora had talked, the more she realised she had no idea why this war was happening either.”
― Black Butterflies
― Black Butterflies
“And still there is not enough of anything. Parks and playgrounds have been dug up and planted with vegetables. Chard, peas, beans and marrow sprout from balconies all over Sarajevo and nettles and dandelions are plucked from the roadside to make salads and soups.”
― Black Butterflies
― Black Butterflies
“The ground shakes and a cloud of black smoke spills over the rooftops. Somewhere beyond the ring of mountains, other people – normal people, living in freedom – are swimming in the sea and hiking in the mountains. They’re eating bowls of cereal with ice-cold milk while watching breakfast TV.”
― Black Butterflies
― Black Butterflies
“Oh Mirsad,’ Zora says. ‘Let me past. Please.’
‘Where are you going?’
‘My studio.’
‘I’ve just been there,’ he says. ‘There were lots of us, saving books. We formed a chain and passed the burning books back, trying to save as many as we could.”
― Black Butterflies
‘Where are you going?’
‘My studio.’
‘I’ve just been there,’ he says. ‘There were lots of us, saving books. We formed a chain and passed the burning books back, trying to save as many as we could.”
― Black Butterflies
“Another settles on her arm and she fancies she glimpses the loops and dots of Arabic script before they dissolve into the sweat on her skin.”
― Black Butterflies
― Black Butterflies
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