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The Summer Friend: A Memoir
A readable, if slight, memoir about summer, family, and friendship.
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Though there may be interest owing to the author’s high-profile first book, this too often self-indulgent memoir does not serve to enlighten readers about Danler’s experience or life in general.
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Attention: A Love Story
Overall, an average memoir about one woman’s struggle with addiction and subsequent attempts to find acceptance.
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Wild Ride Home: Love, Loss, and a Little White Horse, a Family Memoir
A well-told story of embracing life’s struggles that is perfect for horse lovers or those who have personal experience with cancer or Alzheimer’s.
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Stealing Cinderella: How I Became an International Fugitive for Love
Though it occasionally (if stereotypically) sheds light on differences between American and South Korean cultures, this memoir cannot be recommended. Readers in search of an American’s experience in South Korea might want instead to turn to Elizabeth Rice’s Rituals of Separation.
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Born To Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
Gorey aficionados will inevitably want this book. Others will do better by starting with Ascending Peculiarity, a wonderful collection of Gorey interviews and profiles, edited by Karen Wilkin. [See Prepub Alert, 5/14/18.]
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Though the style is breezy and doesn't go too deep emotionally, Barlow's memoir tells such riveting stories on a variety of topics that it's hard to resist. Essential for Deadheads, fans of Wired, and Internet technology mavens.
Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times
Though the style is breezy and doesn't go too deep emotionally, Barlow's memoir tells such riveting stories on a variety of topics that it's hard to resist. Essential for Deadheads, fans of Wired, and Internet technology mavens.
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Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip
For Deadheads only and not all will be interested. Better starting points would be Dennis McNally's definitive A Long Strange Trip, David Browne's So Many Roads; or Blair Jackson and David Gans's This Is All a Dream We Dreamed.
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