In her 2019 memoir, In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado writes not only to ameliorate self-suffering but also to disabuse readers’ notions about lesbian love. This love, according to Machado, has been etherealized into an ideal attainable without “men’s accompanying bullshit.”. Yet, as Machado contends, historically, lesbian love. In the Dream House is a deeply personal, chilling memoir of abuse and a testament to the healing strength of vulnerability. Machado expertly centers each chapter around a different narrative device and in so doing provides a new reading experience altogether. In her memoir, In the Dream House (2019), Carmen Maria Machado probes the ugly depths of an abusive relationship she experienced while studying for her MFA at the University of Iowa. A personal examination of the events before, during, and after the relationship, the memoir is also an exploration of the cultural realities of life as a queer woman and the assumptions people make about queer relationships. In the Dream House: A Memoir — Carmen Maria Machado My debut memoir, In the Dream House, is available from Graywolf Press (US) and Strange Light (Canada), and Serpent's Tail (UK). ”Welcome to the House of Machado. Proceed directly into the forbidden room; enjoy the view as the floor gives way.” —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times.
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In the Dream House is an unusual memoir; a tale of domestic abuse in a same-sex relationship, it's loaded with references to myth, folktales, and literary genres. This sounds like heavy going, but the short chapters and simple but eloquent writing style instead make the book compelling, a page-turner.
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