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One of my favorite books I’ve ever read. A must read for sure!
This was a very interesting and well-written memoir -- One of the best books I read in all of 2009 (read it in February, but not posting til November!)
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Informative and fascinating. I appreciated that Cooper did not shy away from confronting her elite upbringing and acknowledged her lack of self-awareness as a child. I would love a Part II, though, to go into more depth about her return to her Liberian roots.
The writing is so bad it prompted someone in my book club to question that this author actually writes for the NY Times....The only passable parts occur when she assumes a journalistic voice and writes about the history of revolution in Liberia. I forsee Helene Cooper cringing when she is actually old enough to pen a real memoir and looks back on the sophomoric effort she has produced in The House at SB! This is a missed opportunity to communicate something meaningful about an interesting life.
I love a good memoir, and this one tempted me from the "new releases" shelf at the library this evening.
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I read this before going to Liberia, so it was so great to see some recognizable names when I arrived. I learned so much about the history of Liberia, it's connection to the U.S. and its war. Cooper's honest prose is inviting and captivating.