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A review by porgyreads
Having and Being Had by Eula Biss
5.0
If I could construct a sequence of articulate, probing, self aware musings even half as cohesive as this I would feel like I climbed Kilimanjaro. God what a feat.
I don’t read nearly enough non-fiction but I feel like I will cite having and being had as the book that changed my opinion on the genre. Not only was this easy to read, informative, funny and heartwarming, it kept my attention!!! and I wanted to go through the motions of Eula coming to terms with what capitalism meant for her and how she should/could/will react to it fully aware that it means something different for me.
This also terrified me as a writer as much as I felt rejuvenated by the mirrors in it. I highlighted over 200 parts of this book. Mad.
I don’t read nearly enough non-fiction but I feel like I will cite having and being had as the book that changed my opinion on the genre. Not only was this easy to read, informative, funny and heartwarming, it kept my attention!!! and I wanted to go through the motions of Eula coming to terms with what capitalism meant for her and how she should/could/will react to it fully aware that it means something different for me.
This also terrified me as a writer as much as I felt rejuvenated by the mirrors in it. I highlighted over 200 parts of this book. Mad.