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knizer

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Boston - usually #SFF, #GraphicNovels, and #Fiction. Eldritch Millennial.

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Roz Chast: Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? (2014)

In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging …

My folks are still around and I hoped this might offer some practical tips towards discussing end of life plans with them. Rather, a no punches pulled snapshot of the authors labor caring for her aged parents. Very useful but not in the way I expected, expect some feelings if you give it a go.

Manuele Fior: Hypericum (Hardcover, Deutsch language, avant-verlag)

Teresas Leben folgte bislang einer geraden Linie. So erreicht sie alle Ziele scheinbar mühelos und …

Delightful quick read; parallel stories: excerpts from the journal of the discoverer of Tutankhamun’s tomb; and a fictionalized romance of our young female curator protagonist experiencing 90s unified Germany and setting up an exhibition of the same artifacts.

Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1993, Bantam Books)

She was born Marguerite, but her brother Bailey nicknamed her Maya ("mine"). As little children …

excellent memoir

autobiography of her childhood growing up poor in America in the 1930s and 40s.

Audiobook (read by her!) added to the experience (its on libby, maybe free via your LPL).

Not an easy read at times - traumatic experiences - but, wow, what a story shared by a master storyteller.