5/10/2023 0 Comments A little life near me![]() ![]() Without giving too much away, the main character Jude experiences horrific repeated sexual abuse and violence as a child, and the core of the story hangs on how this trauma affects the rest of his life and the lives of those closest to him. So after saying it’s one of my ‘favourite’ books, I always feel the need to add a caveat to that statement, because while exquisitely written it is also relentlessly sad, with 700 pages detailing harrowing abuse and trauma. ![]() Of course, A Little Life is not an easy read. It’s one of those books that stays with you forever. I’m not exaggerating when I say this novel challenged everything I thought I knew about love and friendship. ![]() By the end of it I felt profoundly changed. But Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life is different: it was one of the first books where I openly sobbed after reading. I will happily admit, as a devoted and lifelong reader, that there are more than a few books that have made me cry. ![]()
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