👶👶👶: The Hero of This Book, by Elizabeth McCracken

Thank you so much, partners @bibliolifestyle @eccobooks for this #gifted copy!

Elizabeth McCracken is certainly a talented writer. With what seemingly began as a a jumble of thoughts, ended as a poignant tribute to "the narrator's" mother. Why do I put those words in quotations, you might ask? Well, the writing seemed so personal, so raw, that it truly read like a memoir, though her mom would hate that idea😂... so again, we'll just call it a tribute.

Initially, I struggled with the method of writing - a continuous stream of consciousness that left me exhausted. But as I grew accustomed to it, I actually laughed out loud at her dry humor, "𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠. 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠." In addition, I was touched by the tender relationship that @elizmccrack rendered in these pages. It made me think of my own mom, and gave me hope that we may have time to go off on adventures together as well.

Overall, if you are game for a witty, self-deprecating narrator, whose sentimentality outweighs her cynicism, you may really enjoy this one!

Read 9/14/22