A review by livingpalm1
The House on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Learning and Forgetting by Elizabeth Cohen

3.0

A well written memoir -- both poignant and funny. The author is one of my favorite columnists from our hometown newspaper. While it didn't do much for my historical understanding of the place that raised me, it did remind me that I come from such a small place that I actually knew almost everyone Ms. Cohen referenced in this book.

Anyway, that's not the point of the book. Except it is -- the neighborliness of small town folk plays a major redemptive role in this story and is one of the attributes I hope to take with me no matter where I go from here. Hopefully, Ms. Cohen has done the same.