A college freshman's first semester becomes a nightmare in this memoir in vignettes. Fall chronicles a series of brutal rapes and T.A. Noonan's struggle to overcome them in the weeks, months, and years that follow. Lyrical and unflinching, infuriating and all too familiar, Fall is an intimate self-portrait and a declaration of survival.
T.A. Noonan (they/them) is a queer disabled witch & the author of several books & chapbooks. A Kréyòl Lalwizyàn turned accidental Floridian, their current hyperfixations include enamel pins, tarot, Zelda speedrunning, Genshin Impact, & Final Fantasy XV. Noonan's ongoing project is a multimodal exploration of their occult lineage & Creole heritage, including interrogations into Southern queer identities, racist erasure, trauma bonding, & enmeshment. They are also studying Kouri-Vini, designing works both magical & mundane, & writing a novel about manatees and the gods.
Fall tells the all too familiar story for some of us , either first-hand or through acquaintances of how hard it can be living a college life, and experiencing survival of sexual assault.
I was fortunate to receive a complimentary copy through Good Reads First Reads