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All Fours
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for some reason i really identify with books about artsy white women in their 40s experiencing a dramatic rebirth in their romantic and domestic lives (i am a 27yo chinese american)
but whatever, this book rocked me upside down and spit me back out with the fucking force that only good, honest writing can!! it was funny, it was sad, it was horny (very horny). it could only have come from a place of very deep trueness.
for fans of sheila heti, chris kraus, sex as a way of understanding, posting on instagram for just one person to see, falling in love with traits you once found cringey
“I’d whipped myself into a froth of longing � or worked, created fictions.... Was there any actual enchantment or was it all just survival, ways to muddle through?�
but whatever, this book rocked me upside down and spit me back out with the fucking force that only good, honest writing can!! it was funny, it was sad, it was horny (very horny). it could only have come from a place of very deep trueness.
for fans of sheila heti, chris kraus, sex as a way of understanding, posting on instagram for just one person to see, falling in love with traits you once found cringey
“I’d whipped myself into a froth of longing � or worked, created fictions.... Was there any actual enchantment or was it all just survival, ways to muddle through?�
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Reading Progress
December 15, 2023
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Started Reading
December 15, 2023
– Shelved
December 19, 2023
– Shelved as:
womanhood
December 19, 2023
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lgbtq
December 19, 2023
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authors-starred
December 19, 2023
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Finished Reading
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Apr 12, 2024 12:16PM
I love these kinds of books too (even though I'm not fourty or artsy)! Do you have more recommendations?
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Maria wrote: "I love these kinds of books too (even though I'm not fourty or artsy)! Do you have more recommendations?"if you haven't read I LOVE DICK by chris kraus i'd start there!
I've seen this book shelved as lgbtq in a lot of places, is the MC sapphic? Only asking bc I'm not interested in reading pages and pages about hetero sex, and often books are shelved as lgbtq simply because a side character is gay.
The MC is bi! Or not straight, she never really labels herself.
Omg posting on insta for only one person to see 😂
I would love to interview you for a New York Times article I am writing on this book! I loved what you said in this review. Want to email me at [email protected]. Thanks!
Me too and I'm a dude!
why is this review so relatable, (i am a 28 year old korean american) i no longer feel the need to leave a review as i will just point to yours
I love your review! Yes, yes, yes!I am a 42 year old Nicaraguan woman and I find myself holding my breath (and laughing, and crying) through this book. The most poignant statements about aging and art and beauty…things I’ve been feeling but have never found a way to express out loud. I feel seen and exposed and validated. I don’t know if I’ll recover, or even if I want to recover from this book!
this is a hilarious review
i also related to this as a 27 year old and am just rolling with it! thanks for sharing this review 👌
I am a 29 yo Vietnamese Canadian and also strangely relate to books about artsy middle aged white women. You took the review out of my mouth!!
