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tuabaxl's review
4.0
A love letter to the author’s grandmother. Sweet, entertaining, historical, and engaging. I especially enjoyed it as an audio book with the author narrating.
annabelleclawson's review
4.0
A sweet memoir that makes you think about your loved ones and hug them tighter. Loved it.
madisnowg's review
5.0
bess kalb clocking a win for grandma girls everywhere. this book made me wish i had given fewer books five stars, because this one is just so bright and it deserves to be its Own Thing. also, halfway through this book, i thought to myself, “my dodie would’ve loved this book,” which i think is exactly the point.
there’s something about grandmother-daughter relationships that is so hard to get right. age and death and young selfishness and all sorts of things can get in the way. i think part of why this story was beautiful to me was because it told of a relationship that realized all that potential. i miss my grandmother-who-told-stories very much, and this made me feel close to her. it made me remember what she might have been like if i told her all my news of the last six years. i don’t know the rest, but i know would’ve squeezed my hand hard and said “good girl!”
this was sparkling and beautiful and unlike anything i’ve read. bess kalb took the memoir format and made it something that feels a little miraculous, honestly, to consume as a reader. loved this so much.
there’s something about grandmother-daughter relationships that is so hard to get right. age and death and young selfishness and all sorts of things can get in the way. i think part of why this story was beautiful to me was because it told of a relationship that realized all that potential. i miss my grandmother-who-told-stories very much, and this made me feel close to her. it made me remember what she might have been like if i told her all my news of the last six years. i don’t know the rest, but i know would’ve squeezed my hand hard and said “good girl!”
this was sparkling and beautiful and unlike anything i’ve read. bess kalb took the memoir format and made it something that feels a little miraculous, honestly, to consume as a reader. loved this so much.
peedsreads's review against another edition
5.0
This was beautiful and poignant. Bess's relationship with her grandmother is the heart of this story, but it contains several mother-daughter relationships (with all their nuance). Someone suggested this to me, and I'm so glad I took their recommendation and listened to the audiobook. It's only 4 hours but feels so much longer. I laughed and cried. It definitely had Maisel vibes and is filled with 4 generations of Jewish immigrant family stories in New York.
I definitely recommend this to people with special bonds with their grandmothers.
Call your grandma
I definitely recommend this to people with special bonds with their grandmothers.
Call your grandma
jeansbookbag's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
This was an interesting book. The style won’t work for everyone, but I enjoyed it. I thought it was a poignant and often funny story. It’s pretty short, but packs a punch. I would recommend to fans of memoirs and family stories.
mary00's review
4.0
4.5 stars
What a beautiful memoir about the bond between generations! I loved this audiobook about the author's grandmother and four generations of women. I love when authors read their own memoirs for the audiobook, and this was no exception. I could see myself one day going back to a paper copy of this one so that I can take my time with it.
I enjoyed how the author told this through her grandmother's voice. It felt fresh and clever.
What a beautiful memoir about the bond between generations! I loved this audiobook about the author's grandmother and four generations of women. I love when authors read their own memoirs for the audiobook, and this was no exception. I could see myself one day going back to a paper copy of this one so that I can take my time with it.
I enjoyed how the author told this through her grandmother's voice. It felt fresh and clever.