The Second Installment

I think I'm gonna leave a post about each book of the Weetzie Bat series. It's a departure from everything I'm known to read and it has a certain magic to it. This one paragraph, though, really stands out:

"...black sheeps express everyone else's anger and pain. It's not that they have all the anger and pain - they're just the only ones who let it out. Then the other people don't have to. But you face things, Witch Baby. And you help us face things. We can learn from you. I can't stand it when someone I love is sad, so I try to take it away without just letting it be. I get so caught up in being good and sweet and taking care of everyone that sometimes I don't admit when people are really in pain." Weetzie took off her pink sunglasses. "But I think you can help me learn to not be afraid, my black lamb baby witch."

That one paragraph sums up the second book and really is a synopsis of what Witch Baby spent the whole book learning for herself. If I get my hands on a copy I'm totally pushing this on you guys. Meagan's copy is falling apart but I think you guys would like this, so I'm on a slow quest for something in better shape and tied to fewer memories. Then it can be shared at will.
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