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Initially I thought Aviv was reaching for a connection between mother and daughter in the second essay but by the end I was sucked in (and unsettled) by the themes of memory and trauma. Third essay didn’t do much for me but it did make me nervous about how flimsy our tether to reality can be and our sense of self
— Sep 15, 2026 08:14AM
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"Second Life" – the essays have so far been immersive. this one was heartbreaking in its account of two daughters trying to reconcile who their mother was during twenty years of psychosis & who she is in the (extraordinary) aftermath of it. rachel aviv, the writer that you are
— Sep 16, 2026 05:14AM