Since I finished We Have Always Lived in the Castle — my second Shirley Jackson thanks to JenX’s recommendation — I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the things that are not said. We go through so much of life living in our own heads while interacting with others who carry their own histories and lives and have their own shit happening. As important as it is to hear what is said to us, just as important is the ability to see the meaning behind […]
‘Who wants us, outside? The world is full of terrible people’: A castle can be a home, a fortress, a prison
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson