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Really good

DNF not my speed

This book was like getting your favorite writer all to yourself for a weekend. I’m a huge fan of McCracken and if you write, you need this book. My favorite part was listening to the audiobook and her wry, droll voice. She explodes so many MFA myths and makes it so fun— tells us all we wished we knew from her decades of teaching, reading, writing, even living.

I love her. Her books surprise you. I enjoy how her heroines aren’t one dimensional but feel like real women. And have agency beyond what their time might dictate. There are sad missed opportunities that leafy me with a feminist hopefulness and also a compassionate heart. What else could you ask? Plus the spell recipes the connection to animals and nature and the beautiful plot about love and liberty engrossed me.