Little Bandaged Days by Kyra Wilder
☆☆☆☆
.ePUB, 193 pages
Expected publication: April 20th 2021 by ABRAMS - The Overlook Press
About the Book:
A mother moves to Geneva with her husband and their two young children. In their beautiful new rented apartment, surrounded by their rented furniture, and several Swiss instructions to maintain quiet, she finds herself totally isolated. Her husband’s job means he is almost never present, and her entire world is caring for her children—making sure they are happy and fed and comfortable, and that they can be seen as the happy, well-fed, comfortable family they should be. Everything is perfect. But, of course, it’s not. The isolation, the sleeplessness, the demands of two people under two are getting to Erika. She has never been so alone, and once the children are asleep, there are just too many hours to fill until morning . . .Kyra Wilder’s Little Bandaged Days is a beautifully written, painfully claustrophobic story about a woman’s descent into madness. Unpredictable, frighteningly compelling, and brutally honest, it grapples with the harsh conditions of motherhood and this mother’s own identity, and as the novel continues, we begin to wonder just what exactly Erika might be driven to do.
My Review:
Disclousure:
Thank you NetGalley, Kyra Wilder, ABRAMS and The Overlook Press for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an impartial review; all opinions are my own.
#LittleBandagedDays #NetGalley
Expected publication: April 20th 2021 by ABRAMS - The Overlook Press
About the Book:
A mother moves to Geneva with her husband and their two young children. In their beautiful new rented apartment, surrounded by their rented furniture, and several Swiss instructions to maintain quiet, she finds herself totally isolated. Her husband’s job means he is almost never present, and her entire world is caring for her children—making sure they are happy and fed and comfortable, and that they can be seen as the happy, well-fed, comfortable family they should be. Everything is perfect. But, of course, it’s not. The isolation, the sleeplessness, the demands of two people under two are getting to Erika. She has never been so alone, and once the children are asleep, there are just too many hours to fill until morning . . .Kyra Wilder’s Little Bandaged Days is a beautifully written, painfully claustrophobic story about a woman’s descent into madness. Unpredictable, frighteningly compelling, and brutally honest, it grapples with the harsh conditions of motherhood and this mother’s own identity, and as the novel continues, we begin to wonder just what exactly Erika might be driven to do.
My Review:
I loved how this story was about motherhood and mental health. It was a slow burn of a novel that is written so poignant, powerfully and in such a revealing way. No one seems to have a name in this story and I thought that would make me feel disconnected BUT in reality it showed me just how indifferent the mother is to the rest of her family.
It was very thought provoking and impassioned. The writing is beautiful and the story is told with such empathy it made me feel so bad for the woman. I did have a hard time understanding why the husband was so blind to what his wife was going through but maybe that was intentional.
I highly recommend this book for the wonderful writing and timely subject manner. I, for one, will be thinking about this book long after I have read it.
Thank you NetGalley, Kyra Wilder, ABRAMS and The Overlook Press for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an impartial review; all opinions are my own.
#LittleBandagedDays #NetGalley
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