Review: ‘Smothermoss’ by Alisa Alering
Alisa Alering. Smothermoss. Portland, Or.: Tin House, 2024. 256 pages. Hardcover. $17.95. Sheila drags an invisible rope behind her: a noose no one can see around her neck. She constricts and restricts herself in constant awareness of her family’s poverty, her duties as eldest daughter, and the lengths to which…
