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For fans of Saltwater, this beautiful poetic novel explores the damage wrought by an alcoholic father, the friction this causes in a mother daughter relationship, and how the effects cling to the narrator through her life when she becomes a mother herself.I loved how the narrator presents trauma in the same way her Grandmother helped her as a child. Glimpses of the darkness exposed, and then like a reassuring back rub, the author opens the door to folktales, providing you with respite and the sa...
This was such an interesting read.The fractured paragraphs that were so disjointed (we were always moving back and forth in time from country to country), created such an unstable atmosphere which allowed us to resonate with what the narrator must have felt. It was so cleverly written! Such an important topic too, touched upon with great sensitivity. Deleva is such a talented writer, I cannot wait to read more of her books!
I finished reading Arrival by Nataliya Deleva last week and wanted to gather my thoughts. It's a story that moves fluidly between genres, blurring the line between fiction and memoir. I often wonder how much of a novel is a creation of an author's own thoughts, feelings and memories. after all, writing is such a personal process.The book is narrated in fragments and flashbacks, symbolic of its subject matter: the ripple effect of childhood trauma and domestic abuse. The author explores the dange...
Beautifully written. I really appreciated the structure, the snippets, vignettes of memory. It's not what I expected - in a good way! I love a surprise and a 'sleeper'. I will certainly look for other works of Deleva. Her observations & encounters (such as when someone in England asks 'how are you' they don't really care, they're hoping you say 'fine' 'ok', not tell them how you really are). Bittersweet, but a women navigating past trauma and trying to make sense of it, and how to live her life
Beautifully written. I really appreciated the structure, the snippets, vignettes of memory. It's not what I expected - in a good way! I love a surprise and a 'sleeper'. I will certainly look for other works of Deleva. Her observations & encounters (such as when someone in England asks 'how are you' they don't really care, they're hoping you say 'fine' 'ok', not tell them how you really are). Bittersweet, but a women navigating past trauma and trying to make sense of it, and how to live her life
Beautifully written. I really appreciated the structure, the snippets, vignettes of memory. It's not what I expected - in a good way! I love a surprise and a 'sleeper'. I will certainly look for other works of Deleva. Her observations & encounters (such as when someone in England asks 'how are you' they don't really care, they're hoping you say 'fine' 'ok', not tell them how you really are). Bittersweet, but a women navigating past trauma and trying to make sense of it, and how to live her life
Beautifully written. I really appreciated the structure, the snippets, vignettes of memory. It's not what I expected - in a good way! I love a surprise and a 'sleeper'. I will certainly look for other works of Deleva. Her observations & encounters (such as when someone in England asks 'how are you' they don't really care, they're hoping you say 'fine' 'ok', not tell them how you really are). Bittersweet, but a women navigating past trauma and trying to make sense of it, and how to live her life
Beautifully written. I really appreciated the structure, the snippets, vignettes of memory. It's not what I expected - in a good way! I love a surprise and a 'sleeper'. I will certainly look for other works of Deleva. Her observations & encounters (such as when someone in England asks 'how are you' they don't really care, they're hoping you say 'fine' 'ok', not tell them how you really are). Bittersweet, but a women navigating past trauma and trying to make sense of it, and how to live her life
Beautifully written. I really appreciated the structure, the snippets, vignettes of memory. It's not what I expected - in a good way! I love a surprise and a 'sleeper'. I will certainly look for other works of Deleva. Her observations & encounters (such as when someone in England asks 'how are you' they don't really care, they're hoping you say 'fine' 'ok', not tell them how you really are). Bittersweet, but a women navigating past trauma and trying to make sense of it, and how to live her life
Beautifully written. I really appreciated the structure, the snippets, vignettes of memory. It's not what I expected - in a good way! I love a surprise and a 'sleeper'. I will certainly look for other works of Deleva. Her observations & encounters (such as when someone in England asks 'how are you' they don't really care, they're hoping you say 'fine' 'ok', not tell them how you really are). Bittersweet, but a women navigating past trauma and trying to make sense of it, and how to live her life
Beautifully written. I really appreciated the structure, the snippets, vignettes of memory. It's not what I expected - in a good way! I love a surprise and a 'sleeper'. I will certainly look for other works of Deleva. Her observations & encounters (such as when someone in England asks 'how are you' they don't really care, they're hoping you say 'fine' 'ok', not tell them how you really are). Bittersweet, but a women navigating past trauma and trying to make sense of it, and how to live her life
Beautifully written. I really appreciated the structure, the snippets, vignettes of memory. It's not what I expected - in a good way! I love a surprise and a 'sleeper'. I will certainly look for other works of Deleva. Her observations & encounters (such as when someone in England asks 'how are you' they don't really care, they're hoping you say 'fine' 'ok', not tell them how you really are). Bittersweet, but a women navigating past trauma and trying to make sense of it, and how to live her life
I really really liked this. Wish I’d been able to read it before I attended a (virtual) event with the author, Jessica Au and Nina Mingya Powles.rtc (maybe)
I really really liked this. Wish I’d been able to read it before I attended a (virtual) event with the author, Jessica Au and Nina Mingya Powles.rtc (maybe)
I really really liked this. Wish I’d been able to read it before I attended a (virtual) event with the author, Jessica Au and Nina Mingya Powles.rtc (maybe)
I really really liked this. Wish I’d been able to read it before I attended a (virtual) event with the author, Jessica Au and Nina Mingya Powles.rtc (maybe)
I really really liked this. Wish I’d been able to read it before I attended a (virtual) event with the author, Jessica Au and Nina Mingya Powles.rtc (maybe)
I really really liked this. Wish I’d been able to read it before I attended a (virtual) event with the author, Jessica Au and Nina Mingya Powles.rtc (maybe)
I really really liked this. Wish I’d been able to read it before I attended a (virtual) event with the author, Jessica Au and Nina Mingya Powles.rtc (maybe)
I really really liked this. Wish I’d been able to read it before I attended a (virtual) event with the author, Jessica Au and Nina Mingya Powles.rtc (maybe)