Gargoyles by Harriet Mercer is a magic trick of transporting the reader into her own lived experience. Pain, loss, and illness are personal feelings that are notoriously hard to communicate, but here Harriet guides the reader through them via memoir and essay. This is a beautiful meditative book that is somehow both emotive and peaceful. Harriet is a wizard, basically, and Gargoyles is beautiful not despite the darkness it contains, but because of it and because of the authors ability to always remain open, empathetic, and loving. #books #bookstagram #memoir #essays #gargoyles #harrietmercer