Book description
A woman builds her lover from carefully scavenged pieces and parts. A young girl is groomed for madness by one who loves her most. A neurodivergent boy organizes his life, and loss, by the ticking of a clock. And love can be the most splendid and destructive force in the…
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*Love Is a Crematorium* by Mercedes Yardley is a haunting and lyrical exploration of love, loss, and the human soul’s resilience in the face of devastation. In this darkly beautiful novella, Yardley masterfully weaves a tale where love is not just a source of warmth, but also a force of destruction—burning as fiercely as it heals. The story follows characters navigating a world of broken hearts and fractured realities, where the boundaries between life and death blur, and emotions run as deep as the grave.
Yardley’s prose is sharp and poetic, cutting to the core of human experience while immersing…
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