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Matt Mazereeuw
is on page 107 of 249
"His hand was tender yet his grip so secure and present I was compelled to look directly into his eyes. I can think of no other wat to express myself-even superlatives would be useless: simply stated, he was breathtakingly beautiful." (101)
Mootoo wrote this and then stated that the story would be less about the narrator :/
— Jan 16, 2022 01:45AM
Mootoo wrote this and then stated that the story would be less about the narrator :/
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Matt Mazereeuw
is on page 148 of 249
5 pages about an old lady playing with her bugs, not sure how much I liked this part. Let's go back to the gay plot thanks
— Jul 17, 2022 01:11PM
Matt Mazereeuw
is on page 110 of 249
"Elsie fully expected
that he (she) would outgrow the foolishness soon enough. But the
child walked and ran and dressed and talked and tumbled and all
but relieved himself so much like an authentic boy that Elsie soon
apparently forgot she had ever given birth to a girl. And the father,
in his few waking episodes, seemed not to remember that he had
once fathered one." (110)
Very woke Caribbean book!
— Jul 13, 2022 08:35AM
that he (she) would outgrow the foolishness soon enough. But the
child walked and ran and dressed and talked and tumbled and all
but relieved himself so much like an authentic boy that Elsie soon
apparently forgot she had ever given birth to a girl. And the father,
in his few waking episodes, seemed not to remember that he had
once fathered one." (110)
Very woke Caribbean book!
Matt Mazereeuw
is on page 67 of 249
This went from victorian lesbians to something dark and terrible real quick..
Still enjoying reading about crickets in the night and Caribbean dialecs
— Jun 14, 2021 01:51PM
Still enjoying reading about crickets in the night and Caribbean dialecs
Matt Mazereeuw
is on page 56 of 249
Thought I was just picking up on some queer subtext, but it's honest representation! Nice! Excited to read more about this and have people speak in Caribbean dialect
— Jan 24, 2021 09:53AM
Matt Mazereeuw
is on page 38 of 249
"He gone take the child in he own house?" This is helping my homesickness
— Jan 18, 2021 01:50AM
Matt Mazereeuw
is on page 23 of 249
"Behind the flattery, the edge of mockery was plain to anyone who must, as a matter of survival, learn to detect it" (15)
— Dec 25, 2020 07:04AM
