Molly Gloss' Wild Life
Sooooo this novel is about a woman living in the Pacific Northwest in 1905, a mother of five rowdy boys, who supports her family by writing adventure novels and stories, and when a little girl goes missing, she joins the hunt, only to get lost in the woods…and get adopted by a pack of sasquatches. Just getting that out there. I really liked this; it’s constructed as a diary with little excerpts of stories and newspaper articles and the like, as discovered years later by a granddaughter, who isn’t sure if it’s real or if it’s an abandoned novel. And I loved the first half, the struggle to balance writing and motherhood. It slows down a little once her wilderness exploits come into play, but it’s still very interesting, and I liked how things wrapped up (or at least thought they were fitting). A-.
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Trigger warning for mention of rape and some unwanted groping.
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