A review by libraryoflanelle
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

In the Dream House is an exquisitely crafted memoir. If the perfect memoir exists this is it. The accounts weave together seamlessly yet slowly enough that you have time to hold space to reflect as you read. This book is incredibly readable and unputdownable both because of and in spite of  the difficult topics within. Carmen Maria Machado is a storytelling genius and I am so grateful to her for sharing this incredibly vulnerable memoir with us. I am confident that this book has changed thousands of lives and will continue to do so for as long as the Earth still spins.