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Little scratch : a novel / Rebecca Watson.

by Watson, Rebecca, 1995-

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Strange Light, 2020.

Young women -- Fiction.

Thought and thinking -- Fiction.

Anxiety -- Fiction.

Rape -- Fiction.

9780771005831 (trade pbk.)

202 p. ; 22 cm.

Little scratch tells the story of an unnamed woman living in a world of office politics, clock-watching and emoji-texting as she relays what it takes to get through mundanity in the wake of a recent sexual assault. Formatted in continuously interweaving columns that chart the feedback loop of memory, the senses, and modern distractions with witty precision, our narrator becomes increasingly anxious as the day moves on; and increasingly intent on distracting herself. Must she really drink eight glasses of water a day to stay hydrated? Does the word "rape" apply to what happened to her? Why is the etiquette of the women's bathroom so fraught? Does the colleague who keeps offering to make her tea know something? And why can't she stop scratching? Fiercely moving and slyly profound, little scratch is a fearless and defiantly playful look at how our minds function in-- and survive--the darkest moments.

Psychological fiction.

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