*This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review and is suggested for mature readers.Â
While called a novel in the title, this memoir details Alison living with her partner on their pygmy goat sanctuary as she tries to come up with and pitch her next book.
I love how self-reflective this is and not because it makes me feel less crazy for doing the same thing: looking at the world and wanting to do something to solve the world’s problems but having no idea where to start. It feels trippy since I’m so much younger than her. I do love seeing her thoughts on watching the show based on her book: Death and Taxidermy and grappling with how while it’s based on her work, it’s someone else’s vision now. There’s also an interesting storyline about her sister writing her own memoir to debunk Alison’s. It all brings out the feeling of being overwhelmed with everything going on, wanting to fix all of it, realizing we can’t, but we can still do something. Even if it’s small. 5 out of 5.
