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Too many words that didn’t seem to ever draw me in

With a voice that reminds me of David Sedaris at times by his unflinching view of himself and his family, the author weaves his own story with humanity, humor and grace

Colson Whitehouse never ceases too amaze me with the diversity of his novels. There is a thread of racism that runs through all, but the stories are very different covering historically based stories (Nicole Boys) to sci-fi/fantasy like this one. This is one I will re-read with pleasure.

This is a lovely book! Full of introspection and compassion for himself and others, the author examines his life struggles with Asperger’s, not diagnosed until his 40’s.

A perspective of the mindless destruction of the Civil War on those men in the South who joined up to fight and in light of the horrors of what they participated in could not even remember their original reasons. Also a story of what reserves a woman whose adulthood and personal growth was stunted by society and her father and her willing participation, still had within her to call upon when challenged.