The Chronology of Water: A Memoir | 
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I felt this deep down. I used to have trouble accepting kindness from people, I felt I didn‘t deserve it and if I admitted to how much I needed help I‘d have to admit I‘m weak and a failure. It was a terrifying prospect. Therapy helped so much with this, but oh boy does this ring true.
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Moving lyrical memoir by a woman who was a competitive swimmer. Streaks of self destruction and glimmers of hope as she pursues a career as a writer. I could relate to the story a lot, having been a competitive gymnast and going through my own self destructive phases.
Very good read and glad I requested it for the #jolabokaflodswap!
Tigger warnings: substance abuse, child abuse, death of a child.
Here‘s my book from the #jolabokaflodswap!! I had completely forgotten what I‘d requested so it was a lovely surprise!! Thank you @MittenGirlPeach
Starting this now, Christmas morning because I fell asleep super early last night. Whoops.
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Filthy & shameless, this memoir is wonderful.
panNope. This will be my last dalliance with Yuknavitch. I passionately hated the Book of Joan and intensely disliked this. I only picked it up because I mistook the name for Yelena Moskovich (sorry, Yelena). I hate Yuknavitch's sloppy, lazy writing that markets itself as real and uninhibited. There are brilliant moments where you can see what her writing could be of she dropped her juvenile, give-no-f*cks attitude that reads like a stroppy teenager.
This book was beautiful and painful to read. Very self-conscious.
Maybe recovering catholics turn to movies for salvation. I mean, in an informal poll that I took recently, a whole lot of ex-catholics seem unusually moved by film. The bigger and more epic the better. And we still really like sitting in the dark--if they ever get rid of movie theaters you are going to see a bunch of lapsed catholics wandering around in the street looking for a dark box to go sit inside so we can experience catharsis ...
#7favesin7days Day 7
Kristin Stewart is planning a film version: http://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/kristen-stewart-direct-bisexual-chronology-of-w...
so-soRead the book and do not get the audiobook. She came across like Amanda Palmer performing on stage. Its too much, too much of an over the top dramatic performance for you to really hear the words. You need to read them for yourself.
Many great quotes from this book.
"He treated my scarred-as-shit past and body as chapters of a book he wanted to hold in his hands and finish."
"He made me feel like someone somebody would risk something to choose."
I have much to do today, but all I want to do is read this gorgeous book!!
Did some book-specific retail therapy yesterday at Bluestockings and McNally Jackson. 😍 #bookhaul
Dusty: "It's a stream of consciousness memoir by a woman who was slated to be an Olympic swimmer. The theme of water connects all moments in her life. I found out about the book through her TED Talk. The idea of no matter how many times you fuck up, you can still put forth your art - that idea calms me. She goes back to water, I go back to fabric. I'm a designer and my family worked in mills in the South. I feel like fiber is in my blood."
Lidia bringing it home with her acknowledgement page
pickHoly fucking hell. This memoir will tear you open, set you on fire and plant the most wild, gorgeous flowers in the ashes.
Today's ebook acquisition is thanks to @BooksForEmpathy ! Saw the post on litsy, listened to the podcast on Lit Up and a few minutes later, I had three news books in my TBR pile! Sigh!
"In water, like in books-you can leave your life."
Read this book.
