3 reviews for:

Pull Me Up: A Memoir

Dan Barry

4.19 AVERAGE

forzasusan's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

4.5

This book surprised me in how it moved me. I grew up in a Catholic family in Queens NY so many of these things were familiar. But as I reached the end I realized how much I felt for him with his family and health struggles. He has a great way of inviting you into his story and you feel like he's sharing his story over a pint and whether you agree or disagree with him, you are glad to have had a chance to hear him talk about it.

qrschulte's review against another edition

5.0

I really enjoyed this. I loved how he went through his entire life. I also loved his real-life portrayal of his battle with cancer.

conalo's review against another edition

4.0

After I had finished reading this (excellent) novel, I thought to myself "what makes a a memoir special"? Some of the answers I came up with are - great prose, interesting people and identification with events. For me, Dan hit all of these with this novel of growing up Irish on Long Island (though the story really coould be about any working class family from any one of inumerable American towns). The fact that it was Long Island, where I also grew up just made it easier to identify with the people and places that Dan describes.

If you would like to read an entertaining novel of growing up in the 60's and 70's, I can recommend this one without any hesitation.