Why did I love this book?
I craved a book that would distract me from the daily sadness I felt more than a year after my cousin’s death, I knew she wouldn’t want that. I needed something that wasn’t a “how-to” but a “how I got here and what I’ve learned about myself.” This memoir gave me that.
I was gripped by the frank introspection and the way Zauner confirms and affirms her memories now that her mother is gone. That resonated because I have almost no childhood memories that don’t include my cousin, who was more like a fraternal twin because we were raised in the same house and were only four months apart in age.
I don’t read much nonfiction and very few memoirs, but I found a kindred spirit here.
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