Y’all. This book is an absolute masterpiece. It’s a memoir about queer domestic abuse and writing and how to exist in the world, but it’s not a straight-forward book of prose. Most chapters are a page long and focus on a single moment in time, with footnotes pointing to the parallels of her life to classic folktale themes. It’s told in the second person, putting you right in the middle of the messy story. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read.

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