pickHeartbreakingly honest, this unflinching memoir of neglect, sadness, pain, and addiction has beautiful prose that stops you in your tracks. It was hard to read but I‘m so glad I did. I understand why it is considered a classic. #BookspinBingo #Roll100 @AllDebooks @TheAromaofBooks
pickInspiring graphic memoir.
pickJ Dana Trent grew up between two trailers, one in Indiana, the homeplace of her father and the other in rural North Carolina, her mother‘s home. Though her parents started out together raising their daughter, things quickly became untethered between the couple, as both suffer from mental illness.
This surely is dysfunctional—the book begins with Dana‘s memories at age 4, preparing drugs to sell for her father‘s employer. But hopeful in the end.
pickI really enjoyed this book. The author was genuinely interested in the gifts his mother had. He was always healthily skeptical, but never a jerk about it. This is a memoir of that journey, and their relationship. In the end, he felt there was something to it that couldn‘t necessarily be explained, but wants the reader to form their own opinion. As a Medium myself, I‘ve had too many experiences that I can‘t explain, but it isn‘t my goal to ⬇️
pickDana‘s parents met in a mental hospital, and she was helping her dad bag drugs when she was barely out of diapers. She became overly attentive to her mother‘s frequent mood swings making sure never to rile her up.
This was a fantastic dysfunctional family memoir that addressed mental illness, addiction, and poverty. Dana treats her parents with empathy while holding them accountable for the difficult parts of her childhood.
pickWas fascinating how differently I felt about Shoiji Morimoto at different parts of this. I went from genuinely curious to is this guy for real? 1st time reading a memoir where it‘s the concept that‘s the hook rather than being someone that I already admire. He‘s at no point trying to paint himself in the best light (he goes out of his way to let you know that he‘s not driven by altruism but at the same time, only charges train fare for his time)
pickI loved this memoir from a supermodel and #metoo activist. Cameron charts her career from her discovery onward delving into physical and sexual boundaries both big and small crossed by photographers, stylists, and agents. They frequently treated her and other models as objects rather than teens and young adults. Her deep intelligence was rarely acknowledged either. One of my favorite #metoo memoirs so far!
pickI had never heard of the do nothing rental person on Twitter/iInstagram, so I was intrigued. He doesn‘t charge anything, but his transportation costs(if a meal is involved, they pay) He then writes about experience on line. Most of the requests are quite calm. One person requested to have him bid her goodbye at a train station as she left Tokyo for good but didn‘t want a friend there bc it would be too emotional. She just wanted someone there.
