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“…a duty, out of sheer cussedness, not to disappear completely, simply to ease the conscience of the rest.”

Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey

April 13, 2019 by Blingle Bells 1 Comment

I thought this was going to be a depressing read that I trudged through because it was short and I sometimes feel obligated to bear witness to others’ pain. That was not at all the case. This book is gorgeous. It’s poetic and absolutely beautiful. There’s a recurring metaphor for suicidal thoughts that it just incredible. It’s funny and sad and really, really, really beautiful. It wasn’t that I didn’t think someone with a debilitating illness (in Lyndsey’s case, she has an extreme sensitivity to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Anna Lyndsey, Disability, Girl in the Dark, Illness, photosensitivity

Blingle Bells's CBR11 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Anna Lyndsey, Disability, Girl in the Dark, Illness, photosensitivity ·
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