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The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays by Irena Smith
2 reviews
shelbyl's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I would have never picked up this book off a shelf. Reading (therefore stressing) about college admissions essays - No thank you! Been there done that for myself and I’d like to hide in a hole about the impending essays my children will have to write much sooner than I’d like to think about.
Reading about someone with relatable struggles who has the right amount of snark, yes please.
I picked this up after I met the author at a book event. This is a satrical memoir that goes so much deeper than college admissions essays. I think the recommendation sweet spot for this book is any parent who has a kid that is OR is not college bound. I also think anyone who wants to read about being an immigrant, dealing with depression, neurodivergence, ADHD, therapy, suicide, and/or struggling to achieve the “American dream”, would enjoy this read as well. And there are indeed tips about writing the perfect college essay - but that’s not the point - which IS the point. Just read it.
Reading about someone with relatable struggles who has the right amount of snark, yes please.
I picked this up after I met the author at a book event. This is a satrical memoir that goes so much deeper than college admissions essays. I think the recommendation sweet spot for this book is any parent who has a kid that is OR is not college bound. I also think anyone who wants to read about being an immigrant, dealing with depression, neurodivergence, ADHD, therapy, suicide, and/or struggling to achieve the “American dream”, would enjoy this read as well. And there are indeed tips about writing the perfect college essay - but that’s not the point - which IS the point. Just read it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Infertility, and Pandemic/Epidemic
rachelcoconut's review
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
2.0
Strangely not really about college admissions but about this woman, the children she flat out says she has second thoughts about having and sending them to “therapeutic” wilderness camps because they are autistic, using drugs and she doesn’t share why for the last child. It was honestly kind of disturbing. She can be funny at times but the way they dealt with the children and she talked about them, particularly her son is autistic was horrifying.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
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