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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
A beautifully written & touching memoir about a lot of things: travel, writing, finding compassion for oneself. It is beautiful on a human level & as a writer, I related to so much. On a craft level, I will go back & study it. A great book!
Really enjoyed this book by Jami Attenberg, who I have been a big fan of since reading The Middlesteins. I was fascinated by her life and learning more about her process.
I haven't ever participated in Jamie Attenberg’s #1000wordsofsummer but I devoured her book about living in the world as a writer and finding our home, literally and figuratively.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
This memoir-in-essays is of a woman seeking to find her place in the world, of her determination to make a living by writing; of searches both physical and spiritual. Another focus is on friends. I don’t know Jami, but she seems to be kind and generous, so it’s no wonder she has many friends.
It’s not a spoiler to say she put down roots in New Orleans several years ago, saying elsewhere that here’s where she’s her true self. I’ve participated in her #1000WordsOfSummer and #Mini1000 writing challenges, initiated to help others with the daily impetus to just write. Though she’s quick to say the challenge benefits her, it’s a lot of time and energy for people she mostly doesn’t know.
Her memoir doesn’t deal in gossip and gory details. Many private details remain as such, though she doesn’t spare herself from her blunt honesty. She’s especially lyrical when describing the insights about writing that she’s earned through her journey toward contentment.