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Glimmer: Short Fictions
Glimmer is an incredibly off-beat and unconventional collection about the human experience - in long short stories alternating with twelve 'experimental one sentence novels'. The stories are diverse, and deal with strange and surreal relationships.
125 pages, Paperback
Published May 27, 2022
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Steven Smith
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October 26, 2025
With striking honesty and emotional precision, Andrea Leeb’s Such a Pretty Picture joins the ranks of deeply personal survivor narratives like The Glass Castle and I’m Glad My Mom Died. What distinguishes Leeb’s work is its haunting quietude the way trauma and tenderness coexist in her prose.
From the first chapter, where a child’s confusion meets a mother’s denial, Leeb captures the devastating complexity of abuse within the family unit: love entwined with betrayal, silence masquerading as protection. Yet, beyond its pain, this is a memoir of reclamation. Leeb writes not simply to recount what happened, but to reclaim her language, her body, and her peace.
Her reflections on healing incremental, nonlinear, yet fiercely human extend a hand to readers who have lived through similar silences. The result is not only a memoir but a testament to the endurance of truth and the courage it takes to face it.
Such a Pretty Picture is beautifully written, unflinching, and, above all, deeply necessary.
From the first chapter, where a child’s confusion meets a mother’s denial, Leeb captures the devastating complexity of abuse within the family unit: love entwined with betrayal, silence masquerading as protection. Yet, beyond its pain, this is a memoir of reclamation. Leeb writes not simply to recount what happened, but to reclaim her language, her body, and her peace.
Her reflections on healing incremental, nonlinear, yet fiercely human extend a hand to readers who have lived through similar silences. The result is not only a memoir but a testament to the endurance of truth and the courage it takes to face it.
Such a Pretty Picture is beautifully written, unflinching, and, above all, deeply necessary.
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