An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken is a beautiful memoir. A very sad and beautiful one. The book begins, “A child dies in this book: a baby. A baby is stillborn. You don’t have to tell me how sad that is: it happened to me and my husband, our [...]
After the suicide of her college boyfriend, C. Comfort Shields tried to find a book to help her with her grief. She had been able to find books to help her get through her friends accidental death three years earlier. But in the case of losing a partner to suicide she could find nothing. She [...]
So obviously I can’t get enough of the polygamy stories this year. And wow. Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer was amazing. Escape by Carolyn Jessop (my book review) and Shattered Dreams, My Life [...]
Apples and Oranges: My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Marie Brenner is a memoir that I’m just not even sure how to review. Something tells me that I’m supposed to like this book. Perhaps, I thought that I would relate to Marie more than I did. I freely admit that my little brother [...]
The Road of Lost Innocence, The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine by Somaly Mam is yet another one that I think everybody should read! It’s as simple as that: read this book. It’s heartbreaking, powerful, disturbing, and straightforward. It’s also an amazing account of how one person can rise above their circumstances and lift [...]
