

Enjoyed the mythological portion of it as well as learning about bipolar disorder.
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Enjoy!
Enjoyed the mythological portion of it as well as learning about bipolar disorder.
For the rest of the review, visit my Vlog at:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Xu03Wtx1vPI?feature=share
Enjoy!
Lin offers remarkable insight, her academic understanding of both illness and narrative informing an unusually keen self-awareness. Her experience of mental illness defies the story we‘re comfortable with (“things were bad, then they got better, now I am healed and strong”), and she doesn‘t shy away from that. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-night-parade-jami-nakamura-lin/
This is lovely. I love the writer's style, which echoes the ebb & flow of her thoughts & emotions. I love how she views her experiences of her bipolar illness & the death of her father through the lens of Japanese folklore. I love the language - poetic, tentative, wistful, melancholy - entirely conveying Jami's state of mind. I love how she engages with the concept of 'storytelling'. I love how she loves her family & their history. I just love it!
Am finding this memoir slow going, but interesting. Not reading much this weekend because I'm with family, but hope to continue on the plane ride home tomorrow.
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I'll be reading one of these two on the plane tomorrow.
Rabiha steps out of her hut, sets out to warn the Mahdi. (River Spirit)
In the beginning I choose kishōtenketsu, the Japanese version of the four-part narrative structure that flows from Chinese poetry. (The Night Parade)
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