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“I turned my face to the side and stared out my window. I was filled not only with misery about what he was saying, but also with shame at how I was wasting my short life. I was sitting in a car with someone who loved me more than life itself, and yet all I could think about was Ciaran. How impoverished my internal life had become, the scrabbling for a token of love from someone who didn’t want to offer it”.

“I caught a glimpse of myself and had to stop. I was so big. When I got to the pub, people would stare and whisper about how much bigger and uglier I was. That I wasn’t thin wasn’t the only thing about me, but when I returned to Waterford it seemed my defining trait, reminder that, at least there, at least home, at least where it counted, I’d always look like a misshapen version of my True Self” word 4 word

the amount of similarities between me and this book is oddly scary…..same age, same toxic relationship with a half irish guy, dropped uni, in love with love, living in dublin too 🫣 i guess it was written for Me specifically