Read this when
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Wanting to sleep for a year isn't laziness. Sometimes it's grief with the volume turned off. 😴
Who it's for
The unnamed narrator, whose parents have both died, tries to sleep for a year on medications from an absurdly careless psychiatrist, Dr.
Numb→Validated
Feelings it meets
What it is
A darkly comic novel by Ottessa Moshfegh set in New York City in 2000-2001. An unnamed young woman, a Columbia graduate grieving the deaths of both parents, finds a psychiatrist, Dr. Tuttle, who readily prescribes sleeping pills and other medications, and attempts to sleep through an entire year.
Where to find it
In print; widely available from libraries (Libby/Hoopla where licensed) and as an ebook and an unabridged audiobook.
Before you start
Heads up: Pill misuse and disordered eating.
Age: Adult (18+)
I cannot tell why this heart languishes in silence. It is for small needs it never asks, or knows or remembers.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 37
