“It’s funny, being a girl. That thing that’s supposed to push you down, defeat you, shove you back, bad, and farther back still? Turn it the right way, and it’ll push you forward instead.”
A People’s History of Heaven is a rich, poignant river of poeticism that pulls you slowly and irresistably through the lives of five remarkable girls and the women surrounding them. This is one of the best books I’ve read so far this year, and I give it five stars without the slightest reservation.
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Metaphors and Miscellanea 