A review by kategci
Ordinary Light: A Memoir by Tracy K. Smith

4.0

I picked this up as I had a chance to meet the author and is always true with me, I liked it more after listening to her discuss it. I do not read a lot of memoir and I didn't want to read this story of her and her mother and her mother's death, but I am so glad I did. We would not seem to have much in common, but I lost my mother soon after I graduated from college as Tracy did and her descriptions of her feelings of loss and grief mirrored my own. She is a beautiful and eloquent writer and this memoir of her family and her relationship with her mother resonated with me. I was very glad to meet this author and I was able to thank her for sharing her personal story which seemed to be a part of my story too.