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Although I wanted to know what happened, I didn't like Eleanor's character, and wasn't keen on picking the book back up. I ended up reading the Wikipedia entry!
pickThis is an interesting collection of reflections on human connections, written in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic. I didn't find his observations on inequality and the wider world particularly original (maybe that's a little harsh), but his insights into his creative process, his mental health struggles and his life experiences generally were really illuminating.
Was hoping I might be able to use this for some of the teens I work with but it‘s too “much” for adolescent community mental health. Kate Bornstein is straight up truth.
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This book has been on my TBR forever and the reading of it is overdue. A compassionate and professional look at all the ways trauma hurts us, and the various possibilities if addressing it. So many things make so much sense now. I had to speed-listen to the cure section because my book was due to be returned and I think I need to take more notes and process the info, so I will be rereading it slowly on paper.
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I liked this much more than I thought I would. In the beginning I really felt Nora‘s despair and her feelings of failure and the weight of feeling alone. I also think that sometimes books speak to you more depending on where you are at in your life. At this point in time I could relate to Nora as we are both trying to be better at being ourselves. I did feel like it dragged on and could have lost some of the alternate lives. 3.5 ⭐️
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