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kalimccullough 's review for:
Dear Mr. You
by Mary-Louise Parker
I didn't expect to pick up this book and be unable to put it down, but that's exactly what happened. I love compilations of short stories, and this memoir resembles that format: each letter stands alone, their only commonalities that they were written by the same woman and they were all written to men in her life. That's where the similarities end: there are letters written to her father, the grandfather she never knew, the uncle of her adopted daughter, her emotionally abusive ex-boyfriend(s), lost cab drivers, and, most touchingly, the oyster shucker who harvested the oysters that became the last meal of her dying father.
Mary-Louise Parker is a talented actress and, as evidenced here, an equally talented writer. Her voice is poetic, strong, unique, and emotionally charged; I laughed and cried in equal measure, especially as she put words to character traits I see in myself that I've never assigned names to. I can't wait to read more from her.
Mary-Louise Parker is a talented actress and, as evidenced here, an equally talented writer. Her voice is poetic, strong, unique, and emotionally charged; I laughed and cried in equal measure, especially as she put words to character traits I see in myself that I've never assigned names to. I can't wait to read more from her.