Burning Girls by Veronica Schanoes
I’m over at Lady Business again today, this time with a discussion of Veronica Schanoes’ Shirley Jackson Award winning novella “Burning Girls”. I fell in love with Schanoes’ writing almost a decade ago, when I came across her short story “How to Bring Someone Back From the Dead” at the now defunct Endicott Studio, so of course that when Tor.com published “Burning Girls” I was all over it.
“Burning Girls”, which is also gorgeously written, combines history, fairy tales, Jewish myth and magic, feminism, and the lives of early twentieth-century immigrant women in America in one heart-destroying novella. My discussion with Jodie does have spoilers, so I’d recommend that you read the story first — which couldn’t be easier, as it’s still available for free online.
“Burning Girls”, which is also gorgeously written, combines history, fairy tales, Jewish myth and magic, feminism, and the lives of early twentieth-century immigrant women in America in one heart-destroying novella. My discussion with Jodie does have spoilers, so I’d recommend that you read the story first — which couldn’t be easier, as it’s still available for free online.
