2023/064: Scribe — Alyson Hagy

2023/064: Scribe — Alyson Hagy

He had told her his transgressions, and she had recorded them to the best of her ability. But it wasn’t safe or simple to take on the burdens of another person’s history, all those sins and vacancies. [loc. 710]

The unnamed protagonist of Scribe is a woman living alone in the house she once shared with her sister, a healer who was reputed to have miraculous powers. The woman makes a living writing letters, which are more therapeutic or confessional than they are simple communications. ( Read more... )