Friday 56 & #BookBeginnings: Incendiary Girls {+Giveaway!}

 For Book Beginnings:
Ellen is convinced her daughter's lesson horse is the reincarnation of her mother. The horse's eyes give her away. And her mother always loved anything equine. Fitting that now she's a black Thoroughbred mare.

- p. 1, beginning of the first short story "Fundamental Laws of Nature"

For Friday 56:
I hold Gabe's brain in my hands, trace my fingers along the wrinkled fissures. I wonder what memories are locked deep inside. I commit the structures to memory: central sulcus, lateral sulcus, cingulate sulcus.
- p. 56, from the short story "Gross Anatomy"

About Incendiary Girls by Kodi Scheer: In Scheer’s hands, empathy and attachment are illuminated by the absurdity of life. Inspired by her studies in medicine and science, INCENDIARY GIRLS is a reflection of the power of healing, with all of its magical twists (and will remind readers of Karen Russell’s and Hannah Tinti’s stories). When our bodies betray us, when we begin to feel our minds slip, how much can we embrace without going insane? How much can we detach ourselves before losing our humanity? Scheer’s stories grapple with these questions in each throbbing, choking, heartbreaking moment.

GIVEAWAY!

Courtesy of the publisher via TLC Book Tours