Category: Memoir/Biography

October 1, 2024

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro *** (of 4)

Spooky. Kids in a residential British school called Hailsham are raised to be donors. Their days are filled with what you would expect: studying, confidential...

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September 14, 2024

Becoming Eve by Abby Chava Stein **** (of 4)

If ever there were an experiment, god forbid, that could demonstrate how we are born with inbred sexual identities and sexual predilections, this would be...

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September 14, 2024

Feh: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander *** (of 4)

Feh, roughly translated from Yiddish, means yuck. It's what you might say to yourself upon opening a tupperware container of leftovers that has sat on...

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July 12, 2024

Burn Book by Kara Swisher ** (of 4)

You can take my review with a grain of salt: everyone else loves this book. Swisher has been reporting on advances in technology since the...

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November 23, 2023

The Pigeon Tunnel by John LeCarre *** (of 4)

Nearing the end of a long and terrifically prodigious career as a writer, Le Carre assembled here the true events that undergird his novels. He...

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October 27, 2023

Homegrown by Jeffrey Toobin ** (of 4)

Toobin can be a captivating writer; he is one of the greats at uncovering the backstories of a variety of criminals and noteworthy trials: OJ...

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October 7, 2023

How to Make a Slave by Jerald Walker **** (of 4)

Jerald Walker is a Black professor at a prestigious Boston college. He lives in an overwhelmingly upscale Boston-adjacent community, and on the surface would appear...

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September 19, 2023

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel **** (of 4)

The book opens by letting readers know that Stephane Breitwieser is probably the most successful art thief that has ever lived. He has been captured...

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August 2, 2023

Grandma Gatewood’s Walk *** (of 4)

In 1955, when the Appalachian Trail (AT) was still in its infancy, Emma Gatewood walked its full length, 2050 miles from Mount Oglethorpe, Georgia to...

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July 3, 2023