I picked up
he Misfit’s Manifesto
because I had read other books by Lidia Yuknavitch and had been really
impressed with her unflinching look at topics that are usually unsavory.
As I started the introduction on this one, I chastised myself for
picking up YET ANOTHER book on being a misfit. Sometimes too many of one
type of book in a row turns into a snooze-fest. Well, the author and
the peers she relied on to describe various types of misfits are here to
say that not everyone is a misfit just because they like to
purposefully mismatch their clothes. There is an aspect to being a
social misfit that has to do with the trauma we’ve been dealt, and how
we manage and struggle through it. This is a wonderful book to help a
person realize that it will be okay if the traditional hero’s path is
not the one you take. We are doing the best we can, and there is beauty
in our perseverance.
[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try
Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws, by Kate Bornstein.]
[ publisher’s official
Misfit’s Manifesto web page] | [ official
Lidia Yuknavitch web site ]
Recommended by
Naomi S.
Eiseley and Williams Branch Libraries and the Bookmobile
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