The Actual Star

i deeply and profoundly loved this book and there were many MANY things that spoke to me about it and which i have been thinking about for weeks since finishing it:

* everything about gender and identity
* the search for connection and belonging as a human universal
* found family
* gods of a place, your path through life being represented literally
* the idea of reparenting yourself to resolve past traumas
* connections with others that are strong enough to recur in different lives / reincarnations
* the search for transcendence and whether/when a desire to connect with a larger truth can masquerade as self-harm or obsession... or vice versa