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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
All the stars for the parts on Jian Ghomeshi and sexual assault, and discussions around pregnancy and birth. I would quote the entirety of the second chapter if I could.
"...I told him that it would be meaningful and perhaps even transformative if he would just apologize and admit that he hadn't protected me the way he should have. He said, 'Well, I'm sorry. I'm sorry you feel upset and remember things that way and that we have such different memories of what happened.' I told him that wasn't an apology, got out of the car, and slammed the door. It was the last conversation we would have about it directly."
"...I told him that it would be meaningful and perhaps even transformative if he would just apologize and admit that he hadn't protected me the way he should have. He said, 'Well, I'm sorry. I'm sorry you feel upset and remember things that way and that we have such different memories of what happened.' I told him that wasn't an apology, got out of the car, and slammed the door. It was the last conversation we would have about it directly."
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Great book. Well written with lots of interesting things to say. What a life she has had already.
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Absolutely stunning collection of deeply personal essays by Sarah Polley. Each essay is a powerful reflection on a personal experience, with common themes of trauma and healing, growing up and becoming a mother, and finding your voice. I devoured the audiobook, which is also narrated by Polley, though at times the subject matter was so devastating I had to take a break.
Sarah had a profound influence on me as a teenager in the US in the 90s who was desperately trying to cling to her Canadian-ness. Saw her in the flesh at a law grad ball (she married one of our classmates). Over a decade later, I'm reminded again why I am such a fan.
Prompted to read this book after reading an essay in the Guardian based on the author’s childhood experiences starring in Terry Gilliam’s Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
This series of personal essays by the multitalented writer/director/actor Sarah Polley is really thoughtful. We hear her insights and trauma of being a child actor, some of Canadian Me Too movement, the challenges of motherhood and dealing with overcoming a head injury.
I have appreciated much of her work as an actor and writer. Her film Away From Her offered such insight into Alzheimer’s. She created that at such a young age and the book shed a bit of light on her experience with family and dementia.
I appreciated how she talked of the craft of story without being self important as many artist autobiographical works tend to be.
This series of personal essays by the multitalented writer/director/actor Sarah Polley is really thoughtful. We hear her insights and trauma of being a child actor, some of Canadian Me Too movement, the challenges of motherhood and dealing with overcoming a head injury.
I have appreciated much of her work as an actor and writer. Her film Away From Her offered such insight into Alzheimer’s. She created that at such a young age and the book shed a bit of light on her experience with family and dementia.
I appreciated how she talked of the craft of story without being self important as many artist autobiographical works tend to be.