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Fierce Attachments
by
Vivian Gornick
March 27, 2026 - March 29, 2026
(memoirs, new-favorites, women-and-their-dilemmas)
Gornick, V. (2005). Fierce Attachments. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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scrim »
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officious »
(adjective) kind obliging / (adjective) dutiful /…
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welter »
(verb) writhe toss / (verb) wallow / (verb) to ri…
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It was interesting, all of it, but deep within my…
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‘You manipulated me. You held back information. D…
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We flew down to the Caribbean on a Tuesday aftern…
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We occupied a universe composed of one room in on…
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Imagine. I was living entirely in the moment, wit…
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