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jena_t 's review for:
Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
by Sarah Polley
medium-paced
This was a very disappointing read. From a long time fan (starting with her star turn as Ramona!) I was so excited to read this book, and ended up actually liking her less which is the last thing I imagined would happen!
I didn't know about her many health issues, which sound extremely painful and difficult, but at the same time I didn't expect that 2/3 of this book would be dedicated to her healthcare. And more disappointing still was that she seemed quite out of touch when talking about them, especially with her pregnancy and her concussion.
Millions of people would kill to have the kind of treatment she had available to her FREE in Canada, and yet she didn't seem aware that the service she received while pregnant was way over and above what most people would receive, and I really didn't like that she went to the US to pay for concussion treatment. Each to their own, she can do as she pleases, but there didn't seem to be any recognition of how privileged she was to be able to do that, that's the piece that was missing for me.
I thought the chapters about her work as a child actor and Me Too were very compelling, but again I found her brushing aside of her dad's very creepy behaviour also a little odd.
I didn't know about her many health issues, which sound extremely painful and difficult, but at the same time I didn't expect that 2/3 of this book would be dedicated to her healthcare. And more disappointing still was that she seemed quite out of touch when talking about them, especially with her pregnancy and her concussion.
Millions of people would kill to have the kind of treatment she had available to her FREE in Canada, and yet she didn't seem aware that the service she received while pregnant was way over and above what most people would receive, and I really didn't like that she went to the US to pay for concussion treatment. Each to their own, she can do as she pleases, but there didn't seem to be any recognition of how privileged she was to be able to do that, that's the piece that was missing for me.
I thought the chapters about her work as a child actor and Me Too were very compelling, but again I found her brushing aside of her dad's very creepy behaviour also a little odd.