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I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
5.0

really held off on reading this book and then ended up reading it in one sitting.......as frustrating the ending is, i find it so interesting that we, the readers, are filled w the same emotion the narrator has felt throughout the entire book. the feeling wanting to know more, of needing to know more. beyond the literal events in the book, there is something so haunting about the women in this book being stripped of their right, their knowledge, their life, their memories and how theyre able to continue to live and love despite it all. the writing was absolutely amazing. and something so haunting about believing you might literally be the last person on the earth.