I loved this book…. so from here expect an unadulterated rave

Addition is the narrative of a woman teetering on the edge of madness (of which kind I’ll not tell) and occasionally diving head first all the way in.

The ‘back story’ is gently revealed. The story behind her madness. The story that is her, teased from the pages as each chapter unfolds.

Her voice changes markedly……. through her ‘normal’ life….. to her sinking completely into the depths…… and her period of ‘recovery’….. yet it is always satyrical and humerous and completely self justified.

There is wisdom, pain, sex, swearing and completely unexpected tangents.

I laughed out loud

I almost cried

And I loved that it was set in Melbourne, my home town, spoken in my language. I felt I understood her…and felt her madness…. as only someone who has lived in Melbourne can truly understand her distaste for Melbourne weather….. it, in itself is enough to send anyone mad

You may also enjoy my review of Richard Brason’s Losing My Virginity.

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