I'm so obsessed with books where the house is its own character and this one is soooo darling 🏠🥰

So Large Marge is obviously an absolutely beloved character, and I couldn't stop thinking about the interesting way her size was continually brought up and leveraged in different ways over the course of the book. For example - during a conflict Ernt says to her "fat chance, fat lady" (as he frequently mentions her size in a derogatory way), versus her very empowered and threatening response "I'm a big woman with a big mouth." I found her character so healing in so many ways, and one of them was definitely how she unabashedly takes up space and makes her presence felt, both emotionally and physically. I think another interesting angle to this is that the book is set in this environment all about strength and survival, and so Ernt (described around the above scene as being very thin and having had issues getting sufficient resources for his family's well-being) lobbing insults at Marge about her fatness actually feels like it isn't just rudeness but more akin to his disrespect of wealth and means in general, which Marge evidently has. Would love to hear if anyone else had thoughts about this topic!

I am so unwell right now 😭😭😭 don't read this if you're hormonal I've been in tears for like half an hour