You Feel it Just Below the Ribs

You Feel it Just Below the Ribs

by Jeffrey Cranor

Harper Collins, 2021. 352 pages. Fiction

A haunting, provocative novel, You Feel It Just Below the Ribs is a fictional autobiography in an alternate twentieth century that chronicles one woman's unusual life, including the price she pays to survive and the cost her choices hold for the society she is trying to save. An alternate reality, unreliable narrator, and a suspenseful slow-burn story; I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this book. The novel explores the question of what sacrifices should be made for peace, and whether or not those sacrifices are worth it.

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