Shout out to this ARC I received at the #bookshop! Only 40 pages in and already #hooked

Spent the day surrounded by children and their books

“Is it possible you use up life faster if you live intensely? People have always told me I laugh too loud. Imagine if every laugh, every laugh that was too loud, took days off my life. What if you‘re only given a limited number of breaths, and they run out more quickly when you laugh too loud, talk too loud, dance yourself breathless.”

“The weather was curious, and reminded her of the day she saw the flying heron trying to swallow the eel.”

I loved this book! It hooked me quickly and I couldn‘t read until I knew what happened to Qualia after tour 🤘