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alexreverie 's review for:
Where Am I Now?
by Mara Wilson
I met Mara Wilson once in college and was intimidated. But this memoir is anything but intimidating. I was amused by her choice to start with sex as a topic for the first chapter, but it works. The rest of the book jumps around in time a fair bit, but in a way that still leaves the overall structure cohesive. I resonated with Wilson's post-college ennui, and felt proud of her for finding the space to do - what would it be called? - performance storytelling. I have another friend from our era of NYU who fell into the same kind of self-expression, so reading about the former child actor's jaunt into it made me feel like I almost knew her.
The ending lines were a little trite, but that's a sticking point for millennial memoirs in general, I'm guessing. We just don't know how to wrap things up when it comes to a life story that's still in progress.
The ending lines were a little trite, but that's a sticking point for millennial memoirs in general, I'm guessing. We just don't know how to wrap things up when it comes to a life story that's still in progress.