Little Fish

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In this extraordinary debut novel by the author of the Lambda Literary Award winning story collection A Safe Girl to Love, Wendy Reimer is a thirty year old trans woman who comes across evidence that her late grandfather a devout Mennonite farmer might have been transgender himself At first she dismisses this revelation, having other problems at hand, but as she and her friends struggle to cope with the challenges of their increasingly volatile lives from alcoholism, to sex work, to suicide Wendy is drawn to the lost pieces of her grandfather s life, becoming determined to unravel the mystery of his truth Alternately warm hearted and dark spirited, desperate and mirthful, Little Fish explores the winter of discontent in the life of one transgender woman as her past and future become irrevocably entwined. New Read Little Fish by Casey Plett For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I picked up this book and decided to read a page or two to get a feel for it 40 pages later I was still standing there reading, 250 pages later I had still not broken eye contact with this magnificent book, this absolute gem The prose is sharp and witty without being too clever The story flows so naturally and the narrative carries on with such simplicity and ease, letting the reader enjoy every single page It was a book that made me question ...I had the chance to read this book prior to publication, and I was stunned at the work Casey Plett has produced It is a truly moving and wonderful novel about family, in many sense of the word If you don t read it, you ll regret it.A hard hitting, beautiful, and thought provoking novel Amazing, complex, authentic characterization Plett isn t afraid to make her characters messy I was especially astounded at how she dealt with religion in the lives of some characters She is also really talented at dialogue I always marvel at how her characters sound like such real people It s about a 30 year old trans woman named Wendy living in Winnipeg, her group of trans women friends, and her Mennonite family The crux of the plot A hard hitting, beautiful, and thought provoking novel Amazing, c...You always had to be on your guard It didn t matter how often you passed, it could always be taken away Always She d never be little, she d never be a fish It could always be taken away I know a family who recently went on a trip to China, and as they were walking around Tiananmen Square, local families kept stopping them and motioning for their ten year old daughter to pose for pictures with their own children My friends were amused by this at first, but as it happened over and over, andYou always had to be on your guard It didn t matter how often you passed, it could always be taken away Always She d never be little, she d never be a fish It could always be taken away I know a family who recently went on a trip to China, and as they were walking around Tiananmen Square, local families kept stopping them and motioning for their ten year old daughter to pose for pictures with their own children My friends were amused by this at first, but as it happen...Prediction Little Fish will be in my top five 2018 Canadian fiction reads at year end I thought this book was just exquisitely written It is simultaneously honest and sardonic, which turns out is a lovely combination Or perhaps author Casey Plett just knows how to do it well I sometimes feel guilty reading books in a day because I know that authors toil over books for what seems like eons but I couldn t help but rumble my way through this period in Wendy s life in a couple sittings The Prediction Little Fish will be in my top five 2018 Canadian fiction reads at year end I thought this book was just exquisitely written It is simultaneously honest and sardonic, which turns out is a lovely combi...Little Fish is hands down the book most intimately reflective of my transfeminine experience of any book I have ever read This book knows me knows my complicated interpersonal feelings hopes joys disappointments This is the book of the decade as far as I m concerned I have learned deep things about myself from this book I have ugly cried once and normal cried twice from this book I am not like the main character of Little Fish But this character knows me I am in he Little Fish is hands down the book most intimately reflective of my transfeminine experience of any book I have ever read This book knows me knows my complicated interpersonal feelings hopes joys disappointments This is the book of the decade as far as I m concerned I have learned deep things about myself from this book I have ugly cried once and normal cried twice from this book I am not like the main character of Little Fish But this character knows me I am in her world We have probably hooked up We have maybe traded escort stories We could have run into each other at the free clinic and I could have bummed a cigarette from her just to have someone to talk to This book got under my skin like books NEVER do to me Reading it has been a heavy, personal, deeply emotional experience I can t say I am enjoying reading it This isn t enjoyment This book knows me It creeps in and takes me to hard places I forgot I had in ...What kind of world does the core of your brain expect that you, you personally, get to live inWendy did still believe she would have love 3i m hosting an event at the Ottawa International Writers Festival on April 29 that features this book, Amber Dawn s Sodom Road Exit and Joshua Whitehead s Jonny Appleseed, so i m reading ahead This novel moved me I cared very much for the main character and her friends, her true family In this novel the experiences of trans women alienation of family members, violence, misgendering, suicide, sex work, poverty, alcoholism, and hormone effects are centered, a rarity in CanLit I appreciated th i m hosting an event at the Ottawa International Writers Festival on April 29 that features this book, Amber Dawn s Sodom Road Exit and Joshua Whitehead s Jonny Appleseed, so i m reading ahead This novel moved me I cared very much for the main character and her friends, her true family In this novel the experiences of trans women alienation of family members, violence, misgendering, suicide, sex work, poverty, alcoholism, and hormone effects are centered, a rarity in CanLit I appreciated the small details that made Wendy real to me, such as her reminiscence about boyhood, imagining herself as she was, on a bicycle as seen from b...This book is perfection It s honest and raw, with characters and dialogue that are so realistic, I felt like I was right there inside the story Like a silent, unnamed member of this circle of friends I laughed with these c...There are possibly words somewhere to describe the excellence of this book, but I m not sure I have access to them The beautiful way Casey Plett is able to draw us into the world of this book is breathtaking With everything from religion to sex work, this book encompasses so much and is not afraid to leave us hanging something I always appreciate This book is fiction but has absolutely nothing fake in it all the pain hurts and all the love and there is a lot here ...

Little Fish
  • 22 December 2017
  • Paperback
  • 320 pages
  • 1551527200
  • Casey Plett
  • Little Fish