Status Updates From The Witching Hour

his viewpoint of san francisco changed as he grew older. the city that was once filled with hope and dreams in his childhood is now nothing more than a town whose people do not change. just like New Orleans

damn. Michael’s ENTIRE family basically died from being a drunk, with the exception of a couple people. how do you bust your head open from a fall and just…go to sleep? 😭

“orientals, jews, and colored people”…yeah i’m reminded again how old this book is and i don’t like it.

like wow…she wrote anxiety and shame in childhood so well

anne rice has written generational trauma/abuse so well here. “in fact, all of the violence that he had always sensed simmering around him-in his father, his grandfather, all the men he knew-might rise, like chaos, and drag him down into it”

I’m having a hard time getting this read 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m going to have to let it go back to the library and maybe when it’s available again I can get it done. I just don’t have the time to commit to it right now 😐