I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy Buy used or new @SecondSale.com My life purpose has always been to make Mom happy, to be who she wants me to be. So without Mom, who am I supposed to be now? I only know what iCarly, a former Nickelodeon TV show about three friends who... Continue Reading →
Three Memoirs About Moms
Mother-daughter stories aren't always my thing, but I somehow ended up reading three (!) recent memoirs (momoirs?) about just that. One of them you've certainly already heard of: It seems like every year there's one memoir that blows up and is absolutely everywhere (think Educated) and last year it was Michelle Zauner's Crying in H... Continue Reading →
Documentary-Like Memoir of a Mother Who Made “A Way Out of No Way”
Book review: The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers, by Bridgett M. Davis (Amazon / Book Depository) Professor and novelist Bridgett M. Davis's mother Fannie was a number runner. Even before she understood exactly what that was and meant, Davis understood she had to keep what her mother did... Continue Reading →
A Daughter After Her Mother: Rich Storytelling of Memoir and Murder
Book review: After the Eclipse, by Sarah Perry Amazon She believed in the souls of housecats and in the melancholy of rainy days. She believed in hard work, and the energy she poured into her job -- hand-sewing shoes at a factory -- seemed boundless...She was terrified of birds, at close range, and moths, at any... Continue Reading →