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A review by sdoncolo
The Telling by Zoe Zolbrod
5.0
THE TELLING is an absolutely fantastic memoir that takes the genre a bit further with Zolbrod's determinedly feminist and self-investigative exploration of what happens to a person after being molested. But really, it is wrong to say "a person," because Zolbrod clearly explores what has happened to her, and how that awareness of what happened to her has evolved over the years following -- particularly, how her understanding of the events that started when she was about 4 years old has morphed as she became a teen, then a young woman, then a mother and a writer.
The cover notes that Zolbrod's memoir is "bolstered with research," which is one factor that made me curious about the book. Indeed, the bits of research Zolbrod opts to include are tightly integrated into the story, which weaves between "now" and "then" fluidly, always easy to read and always thought-provoking.
The cover notes that Zolbrod's memoir is "bolstered with research," which is one factor that made me curious about the book. Indeed, the bits of research Zolbrod opts to include are tightly integrated into the story, which weaves between "now" and "then" fluidly, always easy to read and always thought-provoking.