Natural History Review, by Marina Yuszczuk: I Miss It in Front of My Eyes

Puberty is a biological and monstrous process. It is a painful birth that demands a death; it is the appearance of a new body and mind, subjected to unknown forces.Perhaps by the nature of this inescapable process is that Virginia, the protagonist and narrator of Natural History, by Marina Yuszczuk, decides to tell her story at 12 years. Throughout the novel, Virginia tries to understand herself at the same time that she tries to understand her …