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ladyliterateur12's review
4.0
Very skillfully done! It was intriguing to read about Emily's life and hard to believe that the stories unraveling are about the woman you would meet now. I especially enjoyed her use of simile and thought that this collection of essays (rather than straight memoir) worked well.
sunnid's review
2.0
I really enjoyed one of these essays, "Mockingbird Years." Otherwise, not so much. It just seemed like self-indulgent ramblings and unfathomable angst. I didn't feel like I learned how someone else views the world and is able to interpret that into a language shared. These types of memoirs can teeter on the edge of resonance with the reader, and "oh for gawd's sake get over yourself." For me it tipped to the latter. I really truly didn't want to hear about her thoughts on Kafka or her husband's colonoscopy.
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