Little Scratch by Rebecca Watson
She gets up and heads to work. she checks her phone and the time. But something else is going on, something under her skin, beneath this monotony. Our narrator’s anxiety increases throughout the day as it is described in intertwining columns that wittily and precisely chronicle the feedback loop of memory, the senses, and contemporary distractions: Does she frequently use the heart emoji? Isn’t it true that eight glasses of water a day should solve all of your problems? Why is restroom etiquette for women so complicated? She defines rape in what way? Why is she unable to quit scratching? Little scrape is a brazenly humorous examination of how our minds function in—and survive—the harshest situations. It is fiercely affecting and subtly insightful.
Little Scratch by Rebecca Watson
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Little scratch, written by Rebecca Watson, was recently released to rave reviews. She is one of the top 10 debut novelists of 2021, according to The Observer. Watson works as a part-time Assistant Arts Editor at the Financial Times and contributes to outlets like the TLS, Granta, and the Guardian. She was a finalist for the White Review Short in 2018.
The reader is effortlessly drawn into Rebecca Watson’s writing as she masterfully guides them through the thoughts and experiences of a young woman suffering from trauma. Very experimental in design, yet masterfully carried out.
The narrative focuses on one day in the life of the young English woman who plays the unidentified protagonist. She gets up, goes to work, and later that evening meets up with her boyfriend.
