Reviews

Leaving Tinkertown by Tanya Ward Goodman

_zora_'s review against another edition

4.0

So lovely! I know the woman who wrote this, and it's about where I grew up, so I'm a bit biased. But still, a thoughtfully written memoir of a father's and grandmother's death from Alzheimer's. The backdrop happens to be Tinkertown, the folk-art museum the father (Ross Ward) built in the mountains outside Albuquerque. It's shot through with great stories of Ross's vivid-color life as an itinerant sign painter and not-quite carny, and a neat glimpse behind the scenes at the museum--which is still open, by the way.