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Tag: Memoir

Educated by Tara Westover

May 23, 2019May 22, 2019Leave a comment

"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

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018Leave a comment

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

March 4, 2017November 8, 20181 Comment

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

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