RaeAnna + A Nerdy Lifestyle
Alana Saab's debut novel, Please Stop Trying to Leave Me, explores a 27-year-old Norma's journey through her diagnosis of major depressive disorder, anxiety, and derealisation/depersonalization disorder along with navigating being a lesbian, being in love, being 27. Blending intense darkness with definitions, humor, a story within a story, academia, and astrology, Saab immerses the reader in a resonating narrative that is affecting and relatable in equal measure.
I have chosen to take the unpopular route: Disowning my parents. It's a hard decision, and one I live with every day. But it is the best thing for me. Over two years no contact, it's only been in the last six months words and stories have started pouring out of me.
I hate the word survivor. It feels like a lie. My past of sexual violence and domestic abuse have not been a secret here, at ...on the B.L., but it's not been something I have highlighted either. No more. I use my past to serve, to create change. I am a servivor.