#binnie kirshenbaum

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Counting Backwards: A Novel

By Binnie Kirshenbaum.

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Title: Rabbits for Food | Author: Binnie Kirshenbaum | Publisher: Soho Press (2019)

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people cling to the hope of immediate and dramatic results

Despite prior evidence to the contrary, these people cling to the hope of immediate and dramatic results, like those promised in the before and after photos for a miracle diet. Irrational expectations are not limited to mental patients.

~ Binnie Kirshenbaum, Rabbits for Food (Soho Press. May 6, 2019)

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I’ve always loved you best because you drew the dumb spot in the family

To the Middle Child—I’ve always loved you best because you drew the dumb spot in the family, and it made you stronger for it. You cried less. You had more patience. You wore faded clothes that were hand-me-downs. You were forgiving. You never in your life did anything “first” but it only made you more special. The world would not come to an end if you went to bed with dirty feet.

~ Binnie Kirshenbaum, Rabbits for Food (Soho Press. May 6, 2019) 

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Nowhere near as good is never good enough.

Binnie Kirshenbaum, Rabbits for Food (Soho Press. May 6, 2019) 

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why?

“But why?” Jeanette asks. “Why would you do such a thing?” Why? Because the impulses of mania fly like bats at night, that’s why.

~ Binnie Kirshenbaum, Rabbits for Food (Soho Press. May 6, 2019) 

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Relief

She tries to focus on what has happened to her, but not what will happen to her. But, as we all know, it’s impossible not to think about something you’re thinking about. Relief is found only in distraction.

~ Binnie Kirshenbaum, Rabbits for Food (Soho Press. May 6, 2019)

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No vanity, no dignity; only something like unquenchable thirst.

Binnie Kirshenbaum, Rabbits for Food (Soho Press. May 6, 2019)