I Love you but I've Chosen Darkness

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Call Number: Fiction / Watkins, Claire, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Watkins, Claire Vaye
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Watkins, Claire	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Watkins, Claire Vaye	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Watkins, Claire Vaye	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Watkins, Claire Vaye	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Watkins, Claire Vaye	4-week checkout	Due 05-17-2024

"From "the most captivating voice to come out of the West since Annie Proulx" (Vogue), the furious, hilarious, soul-rending story of one woman's reckoning with marriage, work, sex, and motherhood. Since my baby was born, I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things. a) As much as I ever did. b) Not quite as much now. c) Not so much now. d) Not at all. Leaving behind her husband, Theo, and their young daughter, Claire, a writer, gets on a flight for a speaking engagement in Reno, not carrying much besides a breast pump-and a creeping case of postpartum depression. But what begins as a temporary escape from domestic duties and an opportunity to reconnect with old friends soon mutates into an extended flight from the confines of marriage and motherhood, and a seemingly bottomless descent into the depths of the past. Deep in the Nevada desert where she grew up, Claire meets her ghosts at every turn: the first love whose suicide still haunts her; her father, a member of the most famous cult in American history; her mother, whose native spark dims with every passing year until all that remains is a smoldering addiction. Claire can't go back in time to make any of it right, but what exactly is her way forward? Alone in the wilderness, she finally finds a way to make herself at home in the world. Bold, tender, and often darkly hilarious, I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness reaffirms the "brutal kind of beauty" (Los Angeles Times) and "mercilessly sharp" vision (NPR) that established Watkins as one of the signal writers of our time"-- Provided by publisher.

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Surprisingly not great submitted by clk.9123 on August 21, 2022, 2:52pm I can’t get over just how much I didn’t enjoy reading this book. Well, listening. It started out at 4-4.5 stars but then steadily declined. I hated being in this author’s/character’s head. I don’t have to like a narrator to enjoy a story so I know that wasn’t the problem, I just found it to be boring a good chunk of the time. I also had a hard time empathizing with the narrator because I found her fickle and selfish. Not to discount the realities of depression/PPD but this made me question the integrity of the narrator herself. Why did she even get married and have a child, then? I didn’t enjoy it at all. I’m so happy I didn’t buy a copy because I almost did - the cover is beautiful and it came personally recommended.