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Beautiful writing, messed up characters in 1960s. Lots of interior work.

The novel evolves from a study of individual temporal disruption into a collective system operating within a fixed day. As the group expands, repetition becomes social, identity diffuses, and memory is shared but unstable. Attempts at control through structure fail, and stability emerges instead through labour and material engagement. The system then undergoes a further shift: matter begins to respond.

Damn was doubting Dua Lipa but this pulls me in

Most celebrity memoirs are confession and brand repair. Jennette McCurdy’s I’m Glad My Mom Died is something colder and far more unsettling.
It reads like a child’s voice documenting devotion. The reader slowly realises it is a manual of control.
The book is often sold as a story of healing. I’m not convinced. It is sharper than that.
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Oh. Now I recall how upsetting this book was.