“Everything she spoke of seemed informed by beauty. Death had nothing to do with it. Not even for those who were dead. Life was everything.”
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pickSo much love for this book during #12Booksof2024 that I had to find out for myself!
It‘s the quiet story of Zorrie, a woman living in Indiana in the 20th century. Her life is a bittersweet one but she makes the most of it in her own way.
I kept waiting for something to happen during the first half, then surrendered to the gorgeous writing style and rhythm during the second half. That turned out to be a good idea! A pick for sure.
📸 Shiatsu
so-soLooks like everybody in the world loved this book but I thought it was just ok. Not much dialogue, but a well drawn picture of rural life in Indiana in the 1900s. Our narrator Zorrie has a tough life farming, but she thrives, handling life‘s disappointments so well and moving through her life in a thoughtful way. Only 161 pages but I found myself wishing something, anything, interesting would happen to her.
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2024 Book of the Year: Zorrie💚💚
My pick for April‘s #12BooksOf2024 seems to be a popular one. 😉 Zorrie was an unexpected pleasure, a quiet story of resilience & a book I wouldn‘t have found without #SundayBuddyRead. It got a rare ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me.
Honorable Mentions were: A Psalm for the Wild-Built, The Second, Escaping Mr. Rochester & A First Time For Everything.
How I loved this one! It was simply beautiful. Not my usual read, and one I read for #SundayBuddyRead in April, this follows Zorrie as she navigates life, from a young age up to her final years. It‘s bittersweet, and the pacing makes it absolutely perfect.
Incidentally, I read a companion of this book that came out very recently, and I did not enjoy it as much. There‘s just something about this slim novel that is breathtaking. #12BooksOf2024
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