City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert:
“After a certain age, we are all walking around this world
in bodies made of secrets and shame and sorrow and old, unhealed injuries. Our
hearts grow sore and misshapen around all this pain—yet somehow, still, we
carry on.”
Gilbert, Elizabeth. City of Girls (p. 342). Penguin
Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Guys, I love Elizabeth Gilbert! As someone who is from a
family whose motto is "We Do Not Talk About Our Feelings" she always
says/writes what I feel and cannot articulate myself. She speaks to my
soul. Her Instagram/Facebook posts are
enough to make me weep sometimes.
That said, can she write a fiction story and still speak to
me? Yes, yes, she can. I loved every
single one of these characters, even the dastardly ones, and have so many
highlights in my copy that it would hurt your eyeballs to look at it. E.G. weaves a coming of age story that
everyone can relate to even if it is nothing like their life and she teaches
you a lesson without moralizing so much that you don’t like her in the end. Vivian is a privileged girl who learns some
harsh lessons about life, but they are lessons we all need to be reminded of
every day.
Love, happiness and family comes in many forms and just
because someone’s is different than yours, doesn’t make it any less
beautiful.
5 Stars
