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Dear Mr. You
by Mary-Louise Parker
Why can't I rate this ten THOUSAND stars?! I had no idea Mary-Louise Parker was such an extraordinary author, poet, narrator, mother, woman etc etc the list goes on and on. She had me weeping at the start of chapter two with "Dear Daddy" all the way to "To the Future Man Who Loves My Daughter."
This was not a sad memoir or a humorous book of short stories, this was pure truth. This was "blue." :) I think what I love most about Dear Mr. You is that it wasn't all man-bashing. It didn't read like a bitter Taylor Swift song. This was a love story to the men in her life, some good some bad. Even the HEARTBREAKING "Dear Cerberus" and "Dear Taxi Driver" were classy and beautiful and had zero hint of malice or even regret.
Finally, the most stunning letters to her family and about her family. "Dear Daddy" (this one is obviously my favorite), "Dear Father Bob," and "Dear Orderly" -- To hear her (I listened to the audiobook) talk about her children, her father, her brothers and sister, her mother, her priest and her friends was awe-inspiring. I will recommend this book to every woman AND man I know. STUNNING.
This was not a sad memoir or a humorous book of short stories, this was pure truth. This was "blue." :) I think what I love most about Dear Mr. You is that it wasn't all man-bashing. It didn't read like a bitter Taylor Swift song. This was a love story to the men in her life, some good some bad. Even the HEARTBREAKING "Dear Cerberus" and "Dear Taxi Driver" were classy and beautiful and had zero hint of malice or even regret.
Finally, the most stunning letters to her family and about her family. "Dear Daddy" (this one is obviously my favorite), "Dear Father Bob," and "Dear Orderly" -- To hear her (I listened to the audiobook) talk about her children, her father, her brothers and sister, her mother, her priest and her friends was awe-inspiring. I will recommend this book to every woman AND man I know. STUNNING.