This book made me miss my early days in San Francisco going downtown to clubs with my lesbian roommate or running through the Presidio to Cliff House. Though I knew almost no one and hated my job, my 6 months living in the city were wonderful. Anyway. The book. Set in Chinatown in 1954, we …
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I started reading and thought, “Maine?” Surprise, surprise: we’re in California. On an island off the coast of LA we meet a girl growing up with a super dysfunctional set of parents. Even though at times they are appalling, they do love her (as if that helps, and yet…) and she tries her best to …
Faeries and evil queens and the boringness of trying to go to a new school and find friends. Walton invites us into the diary of our protagonist after the big showdown with evil. Now, Mori is just back to basics like going to school, finding friends, learning to be in a family. Oh, and also …
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