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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Running in the Family in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
Running in the Family
Running in the Family
Michael Ondaatje | 1982
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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In 1978 and again in 1980, author Michael Ondaatje went to visit the island of his birth, Sri Lanka. This book chronicles his visits and tells the stories of his homeland and ancestors in the most poetic and beautifully written memoir ever. Read my full review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2013/09/05/a-poetic-memoir-of-ondaatjes-visits-to-sri-lanka/
  
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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Night Song of the Last Tram - A Glasgow Childhood in Books

Jul 2, 2019  
Night Song of the Last Tram - A Glasgow Childhood
Night Song of the Last Tram - A Glasgow Childhood
Robert Douglas | 2006 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
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Some of the childhood descriptions are good (0 more)
Transitions from adult to child, language (0 more)
Not the best memoir I've read
This is a memoir about the author growing up in a working class family in Glasgow. I read this as part of my dissertation on memoir but was deeply disappointed. The childhood language and the adult language are disjointed, the transitions from the adult self and the child self are awkward and the story (for me) was flat. That's not to say its a terrible book. Some of the memories are sweet, vivid and well put together.
  
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Alexis Taylor recommended This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor in Books (curated)

 
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay | 2017 | Biography
9.0 (44 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Disturbing but also very funny memoir of a former NHS junior doctor, his steep learning curve, and his memories of the job in graphic detail."

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QuestLove recommended Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film in Books (curated)

 
Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
Patton Oswalt | 2015 | Biography
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Similar to my envy of Outkast’s Spottieottiedopaliscious, this is the memoir I wish I could’ve written. This film is damn near my personal cinema bible."

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