Linda Katherine Cutting
Autore di Memory Slips: A Memoir of Music and Healing
Opere di Linda Katherine Cutting
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Istruzione
- Whitworth College
New England Conservatory - Attività lavorative
- concert pianist
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 68
- Popolarità
- #253,411
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 3
I also didn't feel that the book really resolved. She went through a lot of abuse and broken relationships and her therapy was all about coming to terms with that. She described the process of that very well, but even though the book includes a 'Coda' (Epilogue) that takes place 3 years later and then the entire work was copyrighted 2 years after that, the author does not say how she now relates to her family and whether her father continues to be an abusive clergy person. I'm glad she can play the piano again, but I'd like to know how other things are going as well....
Possibly I shouldn't have attempted reading a memoir so steeped in musical theory with my lack of knowledge on the subject, but I was reading for the personal story, which I thought got lost amidst all the musical analogies. Also, I understand that this is probably a very difficult process, to write about one's childhood abuse, so I feel apologetic for judging the work rather harshly.… (altro)