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Amazingly and exquisitely written, layering poetry, fiction, speculation, essay, and the kitchen sink into a compelling series of asynchronous, sometimes contradictory accounts that make up Alexie's life, family relationships, and anything else he could bare to include. The chapters shift and flow, swirling around critical life events before moving forward (and sometimes backward). Among his many talents, Alexie is a master of skillful repetition. That's high praise for me, who hates repetition in most things but not in this book.

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

robertlashley's review against another edition

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1.0

Given that he said that his mother was loved by so many people, the books-in light of Alexie's recently unearthed history of sexual harrasment and worse-reads less like a painful complicated memoir and more the Alexie using his dead mother's good reputation as shield for what would eventually come out.

May systems get better. May what comes out help women heal, and may future artists create work in spaces far healthier and far less performatively woke. As for this book? It makes Celine look like Celine Dion. I believe women. I will never believe Alexie again.

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4.0

loved this autobiography. Sucha an amazing book about grief and identity. I have not previously read any of Alexie's poetry but now I want to.

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4.0

I loved this audiobooks hearing Sherman's inner voices and character. I relate to him the way he would cross reference his life's memories with his sister, and the way he feels toward his mom. Great read, he does not disappoint. There is also a lot of prose that helps break up the memoir.

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I’m so frustrated by Sherman Alexie.

I so enjoyed Flight and got this audiobook shortly after finishing it. It took a while to get underway, to connect with the author as a reader, and then I became so caught up in it, the stories, the pain and love of families.

I googled Sherman Alexie today to tweet about reading his book and found a number of news stories about him. I somehow managed to miss the fact that he was in the news just a year ago for not one or two accusations of sexual assault, but 24! I finished the book today with a heavy heart and can’t bring myself to give it any rating.

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