The Glass Eye: A Memoir | 
pickI really enjoyed this story, but didn‘t much care for the narration. I thought it was an electronic playback, text recognition, but it says it was read by a person, also named Jeannie, with an “i”, lowercase. She sounded like a robot to me which was distracting for a bit. Interesting memoir and format.
Always up for re-reading this incredible and raw memoir. Not only makes me a better and inspired writer but a truly better person. Review up soon!
Since I usually only take pictures of hardcovers, I wanted to show how pretty they can be on paperback as well. All of the bookmarks fit both since they‘re stretchy! Gorgeous cover already, but it‘s always nice to add a little bling. Also take custom orders.
I love memoirs. Vanasco promised her father just before he died that she would write a book for him. Not only is this a story of his life, it is also Vanasco's life story as well and her battle with mental illness. I've enjoyed the hours I spent absorbed in this book.
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This pile includes a bored housewife in Germany, a complex grief and mental illness memoir, and a UK edition of a book shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
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pickThis is a difficult book to describe. The whole thing is told in snippets of old memories of the author‘s love for her father, his losses of his daughter and his eye and his life, her grief, and then her mental health breakdown. It is told semi sequentially with breaks within the book of the author describing what she is going to doin the upcoming chapters. There is are rape and incidents of sexual assault scenes. It works and is engrossing.
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Jeannie Vanasco has a brutally honest voice- quite open with her mental health struggles. She studied poetry and fiction so I have high expectations for a lyricism she admitted she aspires to. #TBR
Reading at the dog park. This memoir is fascinating, hard to put down. Cruised through 100 pages before I even got out of bed this morning.
Happy pub day to Jeannie Vanasco and her debut memoir, THE GLASS EYE! "Stunning" (Entertainment Weekly). "Wildly innovative" (New York Magazine). "Powerful, haunting" (NYLON). "Intense and unforgettable" (Shelf Awareness). We can't wait to hear what you think.
so-soGrief is one of the hardest things I‘ve had to navigate in my life. I am so sympathetic to the pain that Vanasco feels, and after reading this, I‘m so grateful that I had such a great support network that kept me from falling into the despair she experienced. Her pain is raw and her portrayal of her experiences is honest. If the reader can get past the author‘s disjointed writing style, there‘s a lot to be learned about mental illness and grief.
pickJeannie Vanasco bares her soul in The Glass Eye: A Memoir. There were times it made me squirm with discomfort. But it also touched my heart and made me appreciate her willingness to be vulnerable. Vanasco illustrates both her writing process and her mental illness by jumping around thematically and chronologically. And yet, she finds a way to move forward in the memoir and life. Out Oct. 3
Full review on www.TheBibliophage.com
Preorder THE GLASS EYE by Jeannie Vanasco and get a signed bookplate! Just send proof of purchase (a receipt or screenshot does the trick) to tinhousebooks@tinhouse.com by 10/3. 🍁
THE GLASS EYE is one of Poets & Writers' Five Best Nonfiction Debuts of 2017, a NYLON Fall Pick, a Publishers Weekly Big Indie Book of Fall, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great Writers selection, and maybe your new favorite memoir. We can't wait to hear what you think.
pickA poignant, frank memoir about loss, obsession, and mental illness exacerbated by grief as Jeannie struggles to manifest the book she promised her dad she'd write shortly before his death.
I have yet to personally experience this type of loss and it felt like I was preemptively identifying with her pain. I read it in one sitting and then promptly called my dad for a "no reason, just wanted to hear your voice" chat. Out 10/3! #litsypartyofone
"And my dad, who was somehow still dead, did what he sometimes did--died again, seconds after my waking." --Jeannie Vanasco, THE GLASS EYE (out 10/3)
Reading this one tonight! @Tin_House
You might find it strange, the number of grief memoirs I have read since my father's death in June, but I'm drawn to them so much right now.
Reluctantly coming home from a trip is always easier when there's #bookmail waiting for you! 👌🏽
Thanks for the ARC @Tin_House - I'm excited to read it! 😄
Litsians! Do you love free books?
Tin House is inviting early readers to join our Galley Club. Be the first to read Jeannie Vanasco‘s THE GLASS EYE, a stunning exploration of love, sanity, grief, and recovery.
To join Galley Club for THE GLASS EYE, email your physical mailing address to galleyclub@tinhouse.com. (Hurry, limited copies available!)
pickThis is one of those very few galleys I loved SO much I'm going to buy it when it comes out
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