What does anxiety feel like? In Beat, Beat, Thump Allison Edwards shows how one child deals with the situations that causes him worry and stress. Edwards does not give you a “one true wayism” but it does allow itself to fall there if you let yourself not realize this is just one person and one person’s reaction to the stimulation around them. The fact the child/narrator does say “me words” helps with this concept being just one way of relaxing and finding a peaceful place. […]
And the beat goes on
Beat, Beat, Thump by Allison Edwards
