Returning to those uninterrupted stretches of time where it was just the two of us, introducing him to a book that was meaningful and significant to me at his age, was something special. I don’t read aloud to him nearly as much as I used to, now that he reads books on his own and life somehow continues to get busier and more hectic as time passes. My nine-year-old son and I read The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin together during a recent camping trip, and it was so much fun to watch him become invested and try to solve the mystery as the book progressed. I also experienced one of life’s greatest joys: reading one of your favorite books as a child (and as an adult, for that matter) with your child.

I found myself wanting to underline sentences and observations throughout, if only I were the kind of person who felt comfortable writing in her books. It’s funny and heartbreaking and pitch-perfect in its portrayal of an adult daughter returning home for a year to take care of her ailing father on the heels of a failed relationship. Zipper Mouth is a poetic novel, fragmented and hilarious. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Zipper Mouth: A Novel. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Her critically acclaimed first novel, Zipper Mouth, was published by The Feminist Press at CUNY in October, 2011 and shortly thereafter entered its second printing. Description: Laurie Weeks is a writer, performer, artist and teacher born and raised in Idaho. I recently read Goodbye, Vitamin, the debut novel by Rachel Khong, and loved it. Zipper Mouth: A Novel - Ebook written by Laurie Weeks. Laurie Weeks Born: in Moscow, Idaho, The United States.

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