marilou is everywhere review

. Marilou Is Everywhere is a powerful, propulsive portrait of an overlooked girl who finds for the first time that her choices matter. Author: Sarah Elaine Smith | Publisher: Riverhead. Marilou Is Everywhere’s language mixes the inventive with the plain, which adds another dimension to the first-person narration, making Cindy’s lonely world more vivid. Marilou Is Everywhere is a powerful, propulsive portrait of an overlooked girl who finds for the first time that her choices matter. Read More "Marilou is Everywhere is a novel of stunning emotional intelligence, and Cindy an unforgettable character, but it's ... New York Times Book Review Sarah Elaine Smith’s debut novel, Marilou Is Everywhere, is such a book. we find ourselves swept along while marveling at a unique new voice." Praise “Marilou is Everywhere is a novel of stunning emotional intelligence, and Cindy an unforgettable character, but it’s Smith’s writing that’s the real star of the book…The book is almost otherworldly in its beauty and power. About the Author Sarah Elaine Smith holds MFAs in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and poetry from the Michener Center for Writers. Smith handles the darkness in the novel (rural poverty, sexual abuse, alcoholism, drug use, neglect) with a light touch, offering plenty of humor in Cindy’s narration. The plot of the book is not revolutionary itself, but the reader’s experience is the true and spectacular value delivered by the author.. Beautiful phrasings or original formulations glint on the page . -- ©2019 Sarah Elaine Smith (P)2019 Listening Library Critic Reviews

. Marilou Is Everywhere is a powerful, propulsive portrait of an overlooked girl who finds for the first time that her choices matter.

MY REVIEW: Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith is a 2019 Riverhead publication. Marilou Is Everywhere is a powerful, propulsive portrait of an overlooked girl who finds for the first time that her choices matter. Cindy told the story as an adult looking back on what had happened with her 14-year old self and that perspective was excellent. Marilou Is Everywhere is a story about the desperation to escape - and the terrible, intimate crimes we commit to do so. Swimming in the rich melancholia of rural America, it is a fall from grace, a moral provocation, and a heartbreaking account of life in the margins.

Marilou Is Everywhere has drama and poignancy, but its other source of delight is Smith's stunning prose. Marilou Is Everywhere is a powerful, propulsive portrait of an overlooked girl who finds for the first time that her choices matter. . Marilou Is Everywhere: Review of Marilou Is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith, plus back-story and other interesting facts about the book. About the Author Sarah Elaine Smith holds MFAs in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and poetry from the Michener Center for Writers. Goodreads | IndieBound (buy local!)

| Amazon | Barnes & Noble There was so much about Marilou Is Everywhere that I liked, especially Cindy in her fragility and confusion.