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Crystal (lifeinpoetry) | 4171 comments Please add the Audible edition — B0BHNRK948 — of I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...).

* Title: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
* Author(s) name(s):

Marisa Crane
Bailey Carr (Narrator)

* ASIN: B0BHNRK948
* Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
* Publication date: January 17, 2023
* Format: Audible Audio
* Page count (is hours count rounded up for audiobooks): 9
* Description:

Dept. of Speculation meets Black Mirror in this lyrical, speculative debut about a queer mother raising her daughter in an unjust surveillance state

In a United States not so unlike our own, the Department of Balance has adopted a radical new form of law enforcement: rather than incarceration, wrongdoers are given a second (and sometimes, third, fourth, and fifth) shadow as a reminder of their crime—and a warning to those they encounter. Within the Department, corruption and prejudice run rampant, giving rise to an underclass of so-called Shadesters who are disenfranchised, publicly shamed, and deprived of civil rights protections.

Kris is a Shadester and a new mother to a baby born with a second shadow of her own. Grieving the loss of her wife and thoroughly unprepared for the reality of raising a child alone, Kris teeters on the edge of collapse, fumbling in a daze of alcohol, shame, and self-loathing. Yet as the kid grows, Kris finds her footing, raising a child whose irrepressible spark cannot be dampened by the harsh realities of the world. She can’t forget her wife, but with time, she can make a new life for herself and the kid, supported by a community of fellow misfits who defy the Department to lift one another up in solidarity and hope.

With a first-person register reminiscent of the fierce self-disclosure of Sheila Heti and the poetic precision of Ocean Vuong, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself is a bold debut novel that examines the long shadow of grief, the hard work of parenting, and the power of queer resistance.

* Language: English

* Link to book page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHNRK948

Thank you!


Crystal (lifeinpoetry) | 4171 comments Thanks! :)


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