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The Fixed Stars
by Molly Wizenberg
Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: The Fixed Stars
Author: Molly Wizenberg
Book Series: Standalone
Rating: 3/5
Diversity: Lesbian side character love interest. MC is exploring their sexual identity.
Recommended For...: sexual exploration, memoirs
Publication Date: August 4, 2020
Genre: Autobiography
Recommended Age: 16+ (sexual content, divorce)
Publisher: Abrams Press
Pages: 256
Synopsis: At age 36, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as she knew it, but something inside her had changed irredeemably. Instead, she would discover that the trajectory of our lives is rarely as smooth or as logical as we’d like to believe.
Like many of us, Wizenberg had long understood sexual orientation as a stable part of ourselves: we’re “born this way.” Suddenly she realized that her story was more complicated. Who was she, she wondered, if something at her very core could change so radically? The Fixed Stars is a taut, electrifying memoir exploring timely and timeless questions about desire, identity, and the limits and possibilities of family. In honest and searing prose, Wizenberg forges a new path: through the murk of separation and divorce, coming out to family and friends, learning to co-parent a young child, and realizing a new vision of love. The result is a frank and moving story about letting go of rigid definitions and ideals that no longer fit, and learning instead who we really are.
Review: I really loved this memoir about the author’s exploration into her own sexuality and her lifestyle. It takes courage to explore after your 20s (I know from experience) and I really admire the author and her journey. The writing is the thing that I think tripped me up in this book. The author lists facts and quotes but doesn’t dig down to explain how they apply to her situation and what she thinks of them. The book comes alive when the author talks about her girlfriend, but other than that the book is a bit weird. It’s intimate, then not. It’s the book embodiment of hot and cold.
Verdict: It’s a great book if you’re the friend who sits and listens to their BFFs rant, but other than that I would like to see it fleshed out more.
Book: The Fixed Stars
Author: Molly Wizenberg
Book Series: Standalone
Rating: 3/5
Diversity: Lesbian side character love interest. MC is exploring their sexual identity.
Recommended For...: sexual exploration, memoirs
Publication Date: August 4, 2020
Genre: Autobiography
Recommended Age: 16+ (sexual content, divorce)
Publisher: Abrams Press
Pages: 256
Synopsis: At age 36, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as she knew it, but something inside her had changed irredeemably. Instead, she would discover that the trajectory of our lives is rarely as smooth or as logical as we’d like to believe.
Like many of us, Wizenberg had long understood sexual orientation as a stable part of ourselves: we’re “born this way.” Suddenly she realized that her story was more complicated. Who was she, she wondered, if something at her very core could change so radically? The Fixed Stars is a taut, electrifying memoir exploring timely and timeless questions about desire, identity, and the limits and possibilities of family. In honest and searing prose, Wizenberg forges a new path: through the murk of separation and divorce, coming out to family and friends, learning to co-parent a young child, and realizing a new vision of love. The result is a frank and moving story about letting go of rigid definitions and ideals that no longer fit, and learning instead who we really are.
Review: I really loved this memoir about the author’s exploration into her own sexuality and her lifestyle. It takes courage to explore after your 20s (I know from experience) and I really admire the author and her journey. The writing is the thing that I think tripped me up in this book. The author lists facts and quotes but doesn’t dig down to explain how they apply to her situation and what she thinks of them. The book comes alive when the author talks about her girlfriend, but other than that the book is a bit weird. It’s intimate, then not. It’s the book embodiment of hot and cold.
Verdict: It’s a great book if you’re the friend who sits and listens to their BFFs rant, but other than that I would like to see it fleshed out more.