"Once justified, I thought the strangling guilt would release me and I could catch my breath. But vindication has no power over guilt. No amount of anger or rage directed at others can subdue it, because guilt is never about them. Guilt is the fear of one’s own wretchedness. It has nothing to do with … Continue reading Educated by Tara Westover
Tag: Memoir
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
This came up in my Reading Between the Wines book club for the month of November (I know, I finished it way earlier than I normally finish book club books). And I think I might have mentioned this before (The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls), but rating memoirs and biographies is hard. How do you … Continue reading A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
How do you rate a book that is someone's memoir? And what does your rating say? Well, I'm not sure how you guys do it, but for me, I base my rating solely on how engaged I was with the author's story. If I give it a low rating, does that mean that I think … Continue reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Aries Atlas 