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Chargement... Her Last Death: A Memoir (édition 2008)par Susanna Sonnenberg (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I read a ton of reviews of this book in various newspapers/magazines, most of which were extraordinarily positive. The author is a good storyteller and uses language well. I have a few criticisms, though. In places the narrative was too choppy, as if film jump-cuts were the effect the author was going for. Additionally, her process of change and redemption was too brief and unbelievable after the chronicled years of abuse. ( ) Watch out, this review might contain spoilers! Her Last Death is a shocking tell-all memoir, and it was obviously written to shock. As other reviewers have noted, Susanne repeatedly writes that she is a liar like her mother and I find many of her stories to be hard to believe. Most of those doubtful episodes starred her mother. That being said, there was a lot of honesty in this memoir as well. Susanna doesn't always cast herself in a positive light and that makes the story more believable. There was a lot about this memoir that I found disturbing, like the lengthy and unneeded chapter about Susanna's decision to have an abortion and her previous decision to put down an unruly puppy. Susanna had an exotic childhood followed by an exciting life in New York and she never elaborated on her choice to live a vastly different kind of life in rural Montana. She somehow ditched her mother and her past life without much reflection. Self-indulgent crapola. In the beginning I thought Wow! what kind of a mom did this woman have - but then, about the middle of the book when she started having all these sexual escapades with various partners in numerous places, positions, etc. not even considering the AIDS epidemic, well that was it for me. To think I spent my hard earned cash on this junk. And yes, it is a good thing she has a disclaimer, because frankly I didn't believe half the things she wrote. Yes, her mom had some mental issues, but was her Mom the reason the author went out and screwed anyone who had genitals? I don't know. Like I said self-indulgent nonsense. Want to read something worthwhile? Read A Beautiful Boy, by a really GOOD writer. I'm giving it one star - because she got someone to publish her memoirs. Self-indulgent crapola. In the beginning I thought Wow! what kind of a mom did this woman have - but then, about the middle of the book when she started having all these sexual escapades with various partners in numerous places, positions, etc. not even considering the AIDS epidemic, well that was it for me. To think I spent my hard earned cash on this junk. And yes, it is a good thing she has a disclaimer, because frankly I didn't believe half the things she wrote. Yes, her mom had some mental issues, but was her Mom the reason the author went out and screwed anyone who had genitals? I don't know. Like I said self-indulgent nonsense. Want to read something worthwhile? Read A Beautiful Boy, by a really GOOD writer. I'm giving it one star - because she got someone to publish her memoirs. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Sonnenberg's memoir illuminates her resolve to forge her independence, to become a woman capable of trust and to be a good mother to her own children after being raised by a mother who was a compulsive liar and a drug user. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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