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When All the World Was Young: A Memoir by Barbara Holland

magazinegumwrap39's review

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adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

javeria's review

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reflective medium-paced

4.75

satyridae's review

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4.0

The best memoirs leave one wanting more. This is one of those. A lovely, incisively observed life. Holland is amusing without being silly, nostalgic without being treacly.

A telling excerpt:
"Several years ago a well-heeled friend said to me, 'I was brought up to believe you must never, ever dip into capital. Weren't you?' 'No,' I said, 'I was brought up to believe you must never, ever cross a picket line.' and we gazed at each other across the chasm."

I adored this book. Holland struck all the right notes.
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