Status Updates From Eating Children

“ The Germans marching around in their boots were grown ups, powerful but also ridiculous figures who spent all their time forcing the French to do what they didn’t want to do - that was all too familiar. Germans were bone headed bullies who couldn’t even grasp the obvious fact that they had no right to meddle in French peoples business, never mind scaring them and bossing them about”

“Grown ups had the knack of imposing reality when you least wanted it…like a contrary King Midas , whenever they touched gold it turned to dross”

The strange title attracted me to this memoir. So far, it's very good and reminds me of the Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.