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Wonderful title, gorgeous book cover. Long time members may remember my comments calling this authors past book, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake the silly lemon cake book. This is her first book in ten years and I'm surprised at how much it resonated.
Past memories, trauma when young, mental illness and mother daughter relationships. Francine is a young girl when she goes to live with her aunt after her mother has a breakdown. Her memories are unclear and added to the fear that she has her m ...more
Past memories, trauma when young, mental illness and mother daughter relationships. Francine is a young girl when she goes to live with her aunt after her mother has a breakdown. Her memories are unclear and added to the fear that she has her m ...more
Had this not been Aimee Bender I'm not sure I would have finished it. There was just enough emotional resonance and moody writing to keep me coming back. I applaud her courage in writing from the perspective of a young woman who feels crazy and disconnected and outsideoring. of how other people exist. It isn't easy and it isn't always pretty.
The problem for me is that much of it was also boring. Despite my interest, this story moved much too slowly for me. I didn't care about Francie enough. I w ...more
The problem for me is that much of it was also boring. Despite my interest, this story moved much too slowly for me. I didn't care about Francie enough. I w ...more
A story centering on mental illness and the toll it takes on family members. Mother and child relationships with quirky outcomes in personalities. Fantastical perceptions causes daughter to question own sanity. A sad novel.
Copy provided by the publisher and NetGalley
Copy provided by the publisher and NetGalley
The Butterfly Lampshade is about a mother with a mental illness, psychosis, and a daughter trying to decipher her past and work through her present. We begin by seeing the extent of Francie’s mother illness and the facts of what happened next. However as we get further into the story Francie recalls these memories and gives them more details and context.
I’m going to be honest from the start, this wasn’t a book for me. It was more of an introspective study of a mind experiencing psychoses than a ...more
I’m going to be honest from the start, this wasn’t a book for me. It was more of an introspective study of a mind experiencing psychoses than a ...more
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