Con/Artist
by Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi, 2022, Hachette Books, New York I wish I could like this book more than I did. I think the problem is the main character, whom I didn’t like one bit. It wasn’t that he … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Memoir
Beatles, Books, Bombs, and Beyond
by Robert John DeLuca, 2017, Creatspace Independent Publishing Platform, North Charleston, South Carolina This book is a great view of what it was like being a Navy ROTC student at Brown University in the turbulent mid-1960’s when the culture of … Continue reading →
Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff
by Rosemary Mahoney, 2007, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company This is a somewhat odd book written, I think, by a somewhat odd woman. Who would want to do what she did? Row down the Nile River by herself … Continue reading →
Out of Africa, Shadows on the Grass
by Isak Denisen, 1937 (Out of Africa), and 1960 (Shadows on the Grass), Kindle Edition, Vintage International The primary reason I read this book was to prepare myself and “get in the mood” for our upcoming trip to Africa. I … Continue reading →
Becoming
by Michelle Obama, 2018, Crown Publishing Group, New York This book is a personal memoir of Michelle’s life from when she was a young child through her tenure as First Lady. The book highlights her struggle to find her role … Continue reading →
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
by Hyeonseo Lee, 2015, Kindle Edition, William Collins If her story is all true, this is a great book about an incredible journey to freedom. Each chapter ends with, Oh, No! What Next? Just when you think she is finally … Continue reading →
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi, with forward by Abraham Verghese and epilogue by Lucy Kalanithi, 2016, Random House, New York This book is a memoir by a young neurosurgeon who is just about to complete his residency when he discovers that he … Continue reading →
The Stranger in My Genes, a memoir
by Bill Griffeth, 2016, New England Historic Genealogical Society I heard about this book at one of my genealogical society lectures and thought I would pick it up as it relates to one of our family member’s situation. The book … Continue reading →
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
by Dani Shapiro, 2019, Knopf The subject of this book is the author’s discovery, via a DNA test, that the person she thought was her father was not, in fact, her biological father. Through research she finds her real biological … Continue reading →
Educated: a Memoir
by Tara Westover, Kindle version, 2018, Random House LLC This book is a harrowing memoir about a young girl growing up in a dysfunctional family in Idaho with an abusive father and brother. She was discouraged from attending school and … Continue reading →