book review: night night fawn
Apr. 11th, 2026 02:17 pmOkay, here is a review. It is mostly in the form of hey read this, because I am still in my early stages with this book. Stupid of me to pick this one, which is already getting mainstream attention, but I just like it that much.
The book is Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg, a fictionalized memoir in the voice of the author's mother, a (let's not mince words) terf zionist.
I say that (derogatory) but the magic that interests me so much is the delving into the experiences and self-justifications and humanity of a person with bad and harmful beliefs. I don't really believe it is bad to do any more than I believe it's good to do (it's neither good nor bad to do), but it interests me, and it obviously interests the author, not to flinch from or minimize or simplify or smooth over anything about its narrator, but rather to give her her own full voice. She can't accept her son is caring for her at her end of life, so she persists in the delusion that a "large transgender bird" has kidnapped her and is making deathbed demands of her.
I learned about it via this podcast interview with the author, here Ideology and Family History ft Jordy Rosenberg, Ordinary Unhappiness.
The author narrated the audio book version and my god I hope my library buys a copy of this, because I want it most of all. The podcast goes into the FEELINGS involved in voicing your own estranged mother's cruel words, near the end. Love to hold that shit in my hands.
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