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Lot Six: A Memoir | David Adjmi
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�David Adjmi has written one of the great American memoirs, a heartbreaking, hilarious story of what it means to make things up, including yourself. A wild tale of lack and lies, galling humiliations and majestic reinventions, this (…more)
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Cinfhen
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You know that expression ; a natural born entertainer, well David Adjmi was definitely destined to entertain. His memoir of growing up in an Orthodox Jewish Syrian community was full of hilarious observations and uncomfortable truths. David is a child of the eighties, so I delighted in his tales & memories of all things 80‘s. This book had me laughing & crying probably because the narration was 💯 on point!! I listened via #Scribd 🎧

squirrelbrain I so wanted to read this - but it‘s not on Scribd in the UK ☹️ 4y
Cinfhen Bummer @squirrelbrain maybe they‘ll add it 🤞🏼🤞🏼 4y
TrishB It‘s also really expensive here- hardback nearly (d2 or audio Cd for over (e0!! 4y
Cinfhen It‘s definitely not worth that kind of investment @TrishB ....hopefully it‘ll be a #UKKindleDeal 😁❤️ 4y
TrishB You know I love keeping my eye out for those! 4y
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Cinfhen
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Really enjoying this bittersweet memoir about coming out and shedding your religion ( I‘ll admit, as a very firm believer of Judaism, David‘s antagonistic view is difficult to hear)

TrishB Always a challenge when people‘s views are so opposite our own! 4y
Cinfhen It just made me sad @TrishB but I respect his POV and belief system 4y
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Cinfhen
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This memoir is whacky pants!!!! I‘m just gobsmacked 🤭I‘m not sure if this book will have universal appeal but I‘m transfixed.

emilyhaldi Sounds fascinating! 4y
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Cinfhen
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I totally get why my brother recommended this memoir to me... it‘s a throwback to the early 1980‘s Jewish community in Brooklyn. With references to Dallas, Ton Sur Ton clothing,Against All Odds and Wham, I‘m having major nostalgia. I‘m also thinking of a classmate named LeaAnne Lavender (yup, that really was her name) who was my direct link to Flatbush & Deal, NJ. If you‘re looking for a #JewishMC #Booked2021 this one is 😍

squirrelbrain Sounds great - stacked. 4y
emilyhaldi I wanna know more about LeaAnne Lavender 💜 4y
Cinfhen Hahaha...whatever image the name conjures @emilyhaldi is pretty much all you need to know 😉 I need to find my HS yearbook....photos would be epic 😊 it‘s really bringing out my inner 80‘s girl @squirrelbrain 🥰 4y
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Reviewsbylola Lol our cousin went to school in the 1980s with a girl whose first name was Cigarette. 😬😅 4y
Cinfhen Oh God...that‘s bad!!!! @Reviewsbylola 😐 4y
Reviewsbylola She‘s embraced it apparently. Even now, on FB, she goes by Cigarette. 😦 4y
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Cinfhen
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My brother recommended this one to me/ let‘s see...

Cathythoughts Striking post 4y
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sakeriver
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I wasn‘t expected to relate to this book as much as I did, but there‘s something about the way Adjmi writes about his younger self that felt very familiar to me, in a way that felt both validating and sometimes too close for comfort. It‘s a story of longing—for a sense of self, for knowing how or even whether one fits into the world—and of what it means to invent a self. I thought it was quite well done.

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