Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we’re starting a new unit on garbage girls! After a lengthy discussion on what makes a garbage boy in the Spinning Silver episode, we wanted to see if the trope could be gender swapped. We asked listeners for some suggestions, and you all delivered! Thank you! Our first book we’re covering for the unit is Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. Does Eleanor qualify for the trope? And how did Anna actually manage to read such a sad book in the first place?

Join us next week for another Morph Monday!

Recommended Reading:

Invisible Chains by Michelle Renee Lane

The Fold of the Air series by Holly Black

A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz.

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Some blogs/essays about ND representation: https://penchant.blog/2019/08/19/eleanor-oliphants-story-and-why-it-doesnt-belong-to-the-author-who-wrote-it/

https://paperfury.com/how-to-tell-book-good-autism-rep/

https://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/publishers-must-change-story-around-neurodiversity-1192864