I think most everyone would agree that being an adult is hard. Being a parent – no longer responsible just for yourself but also for the care and well-being of a whole other human being – well, that just adds a new level of stress to adulting. But to be the parent of a sick…
Charlie Gilmour finds himself an unwitting and, at first, unwilling caretaker of a bird in Featherhood: A Memoir of Two Fathers and a Magpie. He is gradually won over by the bird’s mischievous personality, and I dare you not to be charmed as well. The serendipitous timing of the magpie’s appearance in Charlie’s life also comes at a moment when he is rebuilding his relationship with his biological father and contemplating starting his own family. Read on to learn how Charlie’s journey through featherhood teaches him what it means to be a father.
Suleika Jaouad found her life interrupted when she was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 22. This memoir is her brutal coming-of-age: a cancer battle, a survival tale, a story about family and friendship. Mostly, though, it is about all of the ways love and human connection can heal us.
Ramen is a bit of an obsession in my family, so much so that if a wish-granting food fairy could magically whisk us off to any restaurant in the U.S. of our choosing, chef David Chang’s Momofuku Noodle Bar might just top the list. In his recently-published memoir, Eat a Peach, David Chang reveals the…
Whenever someone learns that I work in a library, this question inevitably follows: what’s your favorite book? It’s like Sophie’s Choice, impossible to answer. So when it came time for me to review a recently published memoir, I couldn’t pick just one. Following are a few of my favorites from this year. Written by four…
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