unlovelyladybartleby t1_j696qyq wrote
The bit with the chocolate bar sticks out the most for me.
Have you read the prequel? Half Broke Horses is a novelization of Rosemary's childhood and the life of her mom- it gives a bit of perspective into how she grew up and you can sort of see why she became such a shit mom. Sort of.
After Glass Castle, I like to read The Summer of My Amazing Luck by Miriam Toews (only that one or a Boy of Good Breeding, all her other books are depressing AF)
Avaunt OP t1_j69je98 wrote
Thank you for mentioning Half Broke Horses. I was actually really curious if it was worth a read.
unlovelyladybartleby t1_j69spfb wrote
It's really interesting. Kind of a similar tone as The Orderly Disorderly House or the flashback parts of All Girls Filling Station's Last Reunion. She chose to write in her grandmother's voice, so we get to see what grandma was like but it's also somewhat idealized because she was Jeanette's favorite. The bit where they guide the social worker onto the Rez seems like it came verbatim from one of grandma's stories
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