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THE SPLENDID THINGS WE PLANNED by Blake Bailey

May 26, 2014

A CANDID, RUEFUL MEMOIR of a difficult family life made harder by a brother’s addiction and mental illness. B PLUS

Grade: B PLUS

THE SPLENDID THINGS WE PLANNED: A FAMILY PORTRAIT
W. W. Norton & Company
2014

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GLITTER AND GLUE by Kelly Corrigan

April 10, 2014

A WRITER REDISCOVERS HER mother’s virtues in challenging times. Lovely, loving memoir is both sweet and wry. B PLUS

GLITTER AND GLUE
Ballantine Books
2014

Grade: B PLUS

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ALL GONE, by Alex Witchel

December 1, 2012

BITTERSWEET, NUANCED MEMOIR of the writer’s brilliant mother and her too-early decline into dementia.

Grade: B PLUS

ALL GONE: A MEMOIR OF MY MOTHER'S DEMENTIA. WITH REFRESHMENTS
Riverhead
2012

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THE RULES OF INHERITANCE, by Claire Bidwell Smith

October 13, 2012

OPEN, EVOCATIVE MEMOIR by a woman who lost her mother in her late teens, her father in her twenties—powerful!

Grade: SOLID B

THE RULES OF INHERITANCE
Hudson Street Press
2012

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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED, by Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott

August 11, 2012

ANNE LAMOTT’S LOVING memoir of her grandson’s first year of life (written with his dad and mom) melts the heart.

Grade: B PLUS

SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: A JOURNAL OF MY SON'S FIRST SON
Riverhead
2012

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