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Wonderful. The prose was straight up arresting, and I found frances to be unbearably relatable and real. I've read reviews that say that this is a book about unlikable people, and that their nastiness made it hard to get through but I didnt find that
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“I had never wanted kids, because I had never wanted a man to give me a kid. The thought of it, gross; the expectation of it. But if a hole in the sky opened up and two weird children fell to Earth, smashing into the ground like meteroites, then that was something I could care for. If it gleamed like it was radiating danger, I’d hold it. I would.”
― Nothing to See Here
― Nothing to See Here
“Madison frowned. Her freckles were so beautiful. "Here's what I need to tell you, okay, Lillian? Here's where I need you to promise to keep a secret."
"Okay," I said, growing a little irritated. I'd already said I'd keep the fucking secret. I needed the secret. I needed to eat it, for it to live inside me.”
― Nothing to See Here
"Okay," I said, growing a little irritated. I'd already said I'd keep the fucking secret. I needed the secret. I needed to eat it, for it to live inside me.”
― Nothing to See Here
“Maybe raising children was just giving them the things you loved most in the world and hoping that they loved them too.”
― Nothing to See Here
― Nothing to See Here
“You are made of dreams and this world is not for you.”
― Call Down the Hawk
― Call Down the Hawk
“When I finished my bowl, without thinking, I dipped my finger in the glaze that had accumulated and Roland licked it right off my finger, ravenous. "quite a sight." Mary finally said, and I felt like maybe she was sincere, that we were something to behold.”
― Nothing to See Here
― Nothing to See Here
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