I love a well-written memoir and was attracted to this ARC (thanks, NetGalley) by the title as it's another literary genre very close to my heart. Very beautifully connected here in ways that keep the memoir "real" while still giving it that tinge of magic that's so alluring.

In context, the author's sort of obsession with the "detriment" of only childhood makes sense, but even so, it's also the one reason I didn't give it five stars. While the idea of only childhood is very important to the story, there was a point where I found myself thinking "alright, enough already, clearly it's not just an important aspect of your story anymore but a VERY STRONG OPINION that perhaps isn't shared by everyone."

Other than that, it's beautifully written, lyrically lovely and magically real.