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My error in thinking about this book was thinking that I could get everything out of it in one reading. It's a dense, deeply intellectual (but not hard to read) book about mothers, daughters, trips both outward and inward, connections, empathy, growth. It's hard to say what it's all about because there are the words it contains and then the thoughts those words make in your (the reader's) head.
Five stars first reading (2015), five stars second reading (2024), I hope to read it again.

amerasuu's review against another edition

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3.0

I did enjoy this, but it took me a very long time to get through. I ended up switching to audiobook and wish I'd had it as an audiobook from the start. Rebecca Solnit narrated it, so that was nice. I would read more of her work.

k_camrn's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

terroreesa's review against another edition

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4.0

i love Rebecca Solnit so much.

lydiaporter's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

3.0

Learnt a lot about Alzheimer’s. Floats through different topics, expanding beyond her personal trajectory at times and reaching into the critical. Pulled through by the thread of storytelling and how that presents itself in the world. A little self indulgent and self-congratulatory at times which took it down to a 3.

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