This is a small book of unusual short (some very short) stories. The subjects are varied and often odd. The oddest is probably the one about a girl befriending a tulip bulb, told from the bulb's point of view. In another a wealthy wife keeps a menagerie of animals in her basement unbeknownst to her husband. There's the story of an exotic dancer who builds a cage for herself in her apartment and another of sisters playing Star Wars. The stories are sometimes a bit disjointed or missing the occasional detail as if they were written from dreams that the author couldn't completely remember. The format is odd also, with some pages containing only a line or two and few completely filled with text. It's quick to read but leaves you thinking about it long after. The illustrations that begin each story are as quirky as the stories.
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