I had to truncate my reading of your piece, Cori, because I ordered the book. I'll come back to finish reading in a few weeks.
I am a sci-fi/ fantasy junkie. I definitely know what you mean about reading as a vice. I don't let myself start books that I know I can't put down until I have nothing else pressing. One time when our girls were small, my husband dropped them off at daycare so I could work from home. He came back to let me know he'd backed into another parent's car because of the rain--and found me reading a book! To his credit, he never uttered a peep.
And I read your off-hand remarks about being 'a lost adolescent shrinking myself inside a house full of tragedy' differently now, in the context of your mom's death. Leave it to you to put that so poetically.
Sounds intriguing... thanks for the recommendation!
I had to truncate my reading of your piece, Cori, because I ordered the book. I'll come back to finish reading in a few weeks.
I am a sci-fi/ fantasy junkie. I definitely know what you mean about reading as a vice. I don't let myself start books that I know I can't put down until I have nothing else pressing. One time when our girls were small, my husband dropped them off at daycare so I could work from home. He came back to let me know he'd backed into another parent's car because of the rain--and found me reading a book! To his credit, he never uttered a peep.
And I read your off-hand remarks about being 'a lost adolescent shrinking myself inside a house full of tragedy' differently now, in the context of your mom's death. Leave it to you to put that so poetically.
Thanks for the recommend!