Life Without Children: Stories | 
pickRoddy Doyle used to be a favorite author of mine, back in the days, when he wrote the Barrytown Trilogy and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
He‘s written this short story collection in 2020 and connections to the pandemic are unavoidable.
The Charger, the longest one, is my favorite. It‘s a story about the lockdown and how it could be so cozy at times and frustrating, lonely and frightening at others. It all came back to me while reading this.
ImperfectCJ Stacking this one. I talk to a lot of people who just want to forget lockdown (and the whole pandemic), but I find myself craving art that addresses it. It feels...validating, maybe? Like, this happened, right? And it was crazy but also kind of good sometimes? Maybe it just feels less lonely when it's a shared experience. 3mo
BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ I know what you mean. It feels so far away already while it had such a huge impact on us back then and I sometimes want to remember how it was and how it felt, good and bad things. (edited) 3mo
vlwelser If anyone can write an accurate book about conflicted lockdown feelings, Doyle seems like a great pick. 3mo
BarbaraBB @vlwelser It‘s a real Doyle book with characters that are very human! 3mo
Suet624 The title made me sad. 🤷🏻♀️🙁 3mo
