Pretty Green Ribbons and Campfire Stories - Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado unravels the life and mind of a woman. A mother, a child, a lover, a wife, we hear from them all. I found this collection of short stories while in San Francisco at a bookstore called City Lights . Immediately drawn to the title, reading the back and all that encompassed the book had me hooked: "psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism [...] Earthy and otherwordly, antic and sexy, queer and caustic, comic and deadly serious." Her women are unapologetically sexual and will love whom they choose. But, before I get ahead of myself, a friendly note that there will be no spoilers to the ending of the stories themselves, but I will discuss some of them in more detail so keep that in mind as no description is provided for them when purchasing the collection. When I began (and finished) the first story, "The Husband Stitch," I was reminded of " Harrison Bergeron " by Ku