![]() This statement almost brings the house to life, making it an accomplice to the story, as you witness it changing from a safe love nest to a trauma-inducing space as the couple’s dynamics degrade. The dream house was, in reality, the house Machado and her girlfriend shared while they were together.Īs she masterfully puts it, “places are never just places in a piece of writing. The book is constructed in a creative way, each chapter reimagining the dream house as something else, ranging from feelings, to stories, to cultural references. The relationship started like any other, with a lot of passion, love and devotion, but took a toll for the unimaginable, as Machado’s girlfriend started displaying abusive behaviours. In the Dream House tells the story of Machado’s toxic relationship with an unnamed woman about ten years ago. And so she did, giving us not only a heartbreaking memoir about domestic abuse but also a lesson in queer history, exposing the gaps in knowledge we desperately need to fill, and a subtle lesson in writing because she’s that good. Which is fine, it’s what memoirs are for and why they’re so appreciated.īut then Carmen Maria Machado said: hold my pen, I’ll give you the memoir experience of your life. ![]() Normally, you’d expect a memoir to tell someone’s experience, to be firmly grounded in reality and offer an insight into the writer’s story. In the Dream House is a literary masterpiece of unimaginable proportions. TW: This review contains mentions of domestic abuse. ![]()
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