Entries Tagged as 'Memoir'
Life with one’s People
October 10th, 2020 · No Comments
In Negroland: A Memoir, Margo Jefferson chronicles her coming of age in mid-century America in a relatively privileged Black household. I found her concerns to be surprising similar to my own, in a relatively privileged white household: complexion, make-up, clothes, and perfect hair. (I used to cry in frustration trying to get my hair to do what I wanted.) Similar, too, were the primary demands: graduate college, land a good job, marry well.
Tags: Coming-of-Age · Memoir
Coming of Age a Stray: Addiction as a Relative Judgement
September 28th, 2020 · No Comments
Stray: A Memoir by Stephanie Danler is a story about coming of age with a drug-addicted father. She doesn’t realize he’s an addict until much later, when he loses himself in meth.
Tags: Books · Love and Sex · Memoir · Non Fiction