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Notes from Mexico
A woman seeking a pause from her marriage sets off to a quirky resort in Mexico to work on a novel and set things straight. A joyous, short read.
37 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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Courtney Maum
12 books696 followersCourtney Maum is the author of the novels Costalegre (a GOOP book club pick and one of Glamour Magazine’s top books of the decade), I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You and Touch (a New York Times Editor’s Choice and NPR Best Book of the Year selection), and the handbook Before and After the Book Deal: A writer’s guide to finishing, publishing, promoting, and surviving your first book, out now from Catapult. Her writing has been widely published in such outlets as the New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, and Poets & Writers. She is the founder of the collaborative retreat program, The Cabins, and she also has a writing-advice newsletter, “Get Published, Stay Published,” that you can sign up for at CourtneyMaum.com
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May 15, 2019
A very short sparse acerbic story told in tiny vignettes about a writer who takes a trip to Mexico to think about her marriage and how she wants to leave it. It's poetic and funny, especially the very first paragraph:
"At a pivotal point in the movie, Blue Valentine, the actress Michelle Williams beats her chest to empathize that there is nothing left inside it for her husband. This is not what happened in my life, with my husband, when I told him that I had fallen out of love. I didn't pound my chest. I said he didn't "stir" me. I compared him to a chair."
That paragraph won me over. The rest of it has a couple worthy lines but mostly I think it's trying too hard to be artsy. But it was the perfect read when I locked myself in the bathroom to get away from the chaos of an almost 4 year old.
Also the author is extremely cool.
"At a pivotal point in the movie, Blue Valentine, the actress Michelle Williams beats her chest to empathize that there is nothing left inside it for her husband. This is not what happened in my life, with my husband, when I told him that I had fallen out of love. I didn't pound my chest. I said he didn't "stir" me. I compared him to a chair."
That paragraph won me over. The rest of it has a couple worthy lines but mostly I think it's trying too hard to be artsy. But it was the perfect read when I locked myself in the bathroom to get away from the chaos of an almost 4 year old.
Also the author is extremely cool.
November 29, 2020
For every journey I've come back with a sombrero ,mule and reptile with two shots of tequila
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