All of the stories unite in a way of complicated truths behind the stories that might not be seen normally but through Lisberger’s writing she brings them to the surface. For example, “The Bush Beating” focuses mainly on a rape that occurred in the meadow but throughout the story we infer that the father has had sexual motives toward his son as well as maybe being gay himself. She presents a problem to us and then as a reader we find out other background information about the characters and reasons why maybe the initial situation happened in the first place.
Personally, I really enjoy how each story has twists and
different plot lines linked together into one. As a reader, this made me more
excited to keep reading and find out what would happen next and what aspect
would link to another. For example, in “In The Mercy Of Water” Kate is
struggling with seeing her crush flirt with her friend. Something most of us as
readers can relate to, jealousy. You would think the friend would then
apologize and not talk to the boy anymore but we learn her friend is struggling
with her sexual orientation as well as parental issues, nothing to do with
Kate’s crush. But, all of these problems stem from an innocent jump and end up
connecting to one another and going full circle in the end. This is what I find intriguing about Lisberger's writing.
Something I found to be challenging as a reader with this
collection are the deep topics she does bring up. I find them exciting to read
and they definitely keep my attention but some topics can be difficult to read. The rape, divorce and touchy subjects
are hard to read due to the great detail she puts into her writing when describing the setting and scene. As well as
the fact that a lot of the things she talks about are situations that people
have experienced in their own lives. Maybe not personally going through a
divorce, or experiencing a rape but something similar like witnessing parents
struggle with their relationship for example.
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