Heart Berries was recommended to me as a quick book, an audiobook, that held the listener's interest. It's about a 4hr audiobook and it is not read by the author. Something about most narrators bothers me, like they over pronounce words and lose emotion conveyed in the writing by mechanically sounding out the syllables with their method. Despite that, this book was still a god damn gut punch. Autobiographically written by an MFA writer endorsed by Sherman Alexie, Mailhot has a way with words that hurts in a way no so-so narrator can ruin. I only listen to books in the car, where I'm a captive audience. Picture a nondescript sedan cruising down an arterial with the driver wracked with sobs on a perfect spring day. The moonroof is open. The driver wears sunglasses and her chin quivers before crumbling. It's short and captivating but it's not an easy listen. I'd read more of her work for sure.