Lilli Feldeborn’s Reviews > The Thirty Names of Night > Status Update

"This was the back that had carried the pain of others until it had become impossible for her bones to unbend themselves [...]. My mother's back and mine were made from the same mold. Our spines were fashioned for bearing and bending and bowing and burying. Our backs had been honed over generations for the thankless labour of women. They had never been made for wings."

this book is breaking me