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'''''Faerie''''' is a 2016 novel by [[Eisha Marjara]], published by [[Arsenal Pulp Press]]. It was Marjara's first novel.<ref name=McGillis>{{cite news|last=McGillis|first=Ian|url=http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/books/girl-interrupted-anorexia-takes-over-in-eisha-marjaras-debut-novel-faerie|title=Girl, interrupted: Anorexia takes over in Eisha Marjara’s debut novel, Faerie|newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=2020-06-03|access-date=2025-07-05}}</ref>
The story, set in [[Quebec]], is about a [[South Asian Canadian]] woman named Lila who recalls how [[anorexia]] developed in her childhood. Marjara herself faced anorexia in her adolescence. Marjara said that when she was young, there were scarce resources for people facing the issue, and she felt that the book could be a resource.<ref name=McGillis/>
Marjara often went to a food court at LaCité to write her novel. She stated that the "dull" location helped her concentrate on her task.<ref name=McGillis/> She added that he had "a soft spot" for being together with people who she believed may have been unhoused, "people who don’t really feel they belong anywhere", who were at LaCité.<ref name=McGillis/>
==Reception==
''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' gave a starred review and stated that the book has "lovely, flowing prose".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781551526188 |title=Faerie|author=<!--Not stated-->|date= |magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]]|publisher=|access-date=2024-08-08|quote=}}</ref>
''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' argued that the work is important in telling a kind of story not previously told, and the magazine also praised "achingly poetic description" seen in the text.<ref name=Kirkus>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eisha-marjara/faerie/|title=FAERIE|magazine=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|date=2016-04-01|access-date=2025-07-05}}</ref> ''Kirkus'' argued that the story does not explain how certain events led anorexia to appear and that the framing of an adult recalling her childhood leads to "a surfeit of telling instead of showing".<ref name=Kirkus/>
==References==
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==External links==
* ''[https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/F/Faerie Faerie]'' - [[Arsenal Pulp Press]]
[[Category:2016 novels]]
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'''''Faerie''''' is a 2016 novel by [[Eisha Marjara]], published by [[Arsenal Pulp Press]]. It was Marjara's first novel.<ref name=McGillis>{{cite news|last=McGillis|first=Ian|url=http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/books/girl-interrupted-anorexia-takes-over-in-eisha-marjaras-debut-novel-faerie|title=Girl, interrupted: Anorexia takes over in Eisha Marjara’s debut novel, Faerie|newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=2020-06-03|access-date=2025-07-05}}</ref>
The story, set in [[Quebec]], is about a [[South Asian Canadian]] woman named Lila who recalls how [[anorexia]] developed in her childhood. Marjara herself faced anorexia in her adolescence. Marjara said that when she was young, there were scarce resources for people facing the issue, and she felt that the book could be a resource.<ref name=McGillis/>
Marjara often went to a food court at LaCité to write her novel. She stated that the "dull" location helped her concentrate on her task.<ref name=McGillis/> She added that he had "a soft spot" for being together with people who she believed may have been unhoused, "people who don’t really feel they belong anywhere", who were at LaCité.<ref name=McGillis/>
==Reception==
''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' gave a starred review and stated that the book has "lovely, flowing prose".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781551526188 |title=Faerie|author=<!--Not stated-->|date= |magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]]|publisher=|access-date=2024-08-08|quote=}}</ref>
''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' argued that the work is important in telling a kind of story not previously told, and the magazine also praised "achingly poetic description" seen in the text.<ref name=Kirkus>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eisha-marjara/faerie/|title=FAERIE|magazine=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|date=2016-04-01|access-date=2025-07-05}}</ref> ''Kirkus'' argued that the story does not explain how certain events led anorexia to appear and that the framing of an adult recalling her childhood leads to "a surfeit of telling instead of showing".<ref name=Kirkus/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* ''[https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/F/Faerie Faerie]'' - [[Arsenal Pulp Press]]
[[Category:2016 novels]]
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