I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

I loved this book. I had a hard time going to sleep last night because I wanted to keep reading it. Then I woke up around 5 a.m. and finished it (LOL... yaaaaawn). Narrated in first person in an unusual form, this book about a self-doubting, widowed lesbian raising her child in an unjust surveillance state was gripping. The near future dystopian society is not much unlike where we seem to be going now, with rampant hate and scapegoating. The theme is grief and trying to overcome it when all the odds are against you. It's nominated for a 2024 Lambda Literary Book Award. This is only my second nominee read, but I would consider it a strong contender if I was a judge on the awards panel.

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