Jane was trapped in her own lazy play: fulfilling all the roles society expected with perfectionistic vigor. Then her daughter developed an autoimmune response that scrambled the thoughts in her brain. Jane realized her own thoughts about reality were also optional.
What’s a fairy tale for adults? Well, it’s a new story that adults create on purpose when the story they are living in becomes intolerable, unsustainable, or otherwise unavailable.
That is to say, it is a way to make a new path (both spiritually and in the neural sense).
But it’s a fairy tale. Surely it’s appropriate for kids? No. Under no circumstances is this book intended for young people. There are some metaphors that are essence of fairy tale, but also characters like Dr. RBF. It’s hard to explain, but suffice it to say that children are not the intended audience.
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