Andrea Buchanan
Autore di Note to Self: 30 Women on Hardship, Humiliation, Heartbreak, and Overcoming It All
Sull'Autore
Nota di disambiguazione:
(eng) The Andrea Buchanan on this page is the author of "Notes to Self." She is not the same person as Andrea J. Buchanan. Please do not combine the authors.
Opere di Andrea Buchanan
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Nota di disambiguazione
- The Andrea Buchanan on this page is the author of "Notes to Self." She is not the same person as Andrea J. Buchanan. Please do not combine the authors.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Utenti
- 37
- Popolarità
- #390,572
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 5
- Lingue
- 1
As with all books of this ilk, the essays are wildly uneven. Also, it becomes difficult not to “compare” the hardships and heartbreaks to each other. Is it really so awful to become “ugly” when someone else writes about seeing their mother shot dead by their father? Other times, you feel like the person was bringing the problem onto themselves a bit (as with the women who couldn’t leave cheating spouses). The other problem was that the short essay format forces each woman to condense their experiences—sometimes shortchanging the agony and difficulties they faced. (The essay on the woman whose young son died comes to mind.)
Despite these shortcomings, the book held my interest as the various obstacles faced vary wildly and satisfied the voyeur side of me. It is amazing what difficulties people can face and end up being stronger as a result. If this type of book is your “thing,” then I’d recommend it. Otherwise, I think it ended up being a weaker read than I was expecting and I was disappointed.… (altro)