Private Rites

If you ever felt too deeply and felt you stood misunderstood in your family dynamics, this book may be for you. Since I've finished the book, I can't stop thinking about the concept that Julia Armfield presented to us: that your family members will choose to see you in complete fullness in one snippet of your life and maybe never again, and what you were in that exact moment of time is what they will think you only are, which shapes their perception of you and bleeds into every interaction ever after this. I'm aware this book will not click with everyone. It is the kind of story that is more concerned with examining its characters rather than driving the plot. Julia Armfield's writing is grounded but also lyrical and atmospheric.