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Anne Frank Remembered

June 3, 2023 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Anne Frank Remembered

I originally read Anne Frank’s Diary when I was eleven or twelve years old. I remember her view of the world, during a horrendous time in history, and around my age left a huge impact and, like so many other girls is the reason I started a diary however, I’m sure my middle school ramblings […]

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Find Another Dream by Maysoon Zayid

April 18, 2023 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Find Another Dream by Maysoon Zayid

Mini Review As a person with cerebral palsy, I was looking forward to listening to a book about cp written by someone who also has cerebral palsy. At first, I had some difficulty getting into Find  Another Dream as it felt more like a stand-up comedy rather than a memoir.  However, I really enjoyed Maysoon […]

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Broken by Jenny Lawson

October 10, 2022 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Broken by Jenny Lawson

Review: As in every review of Jenny Lawson’s books, it is always best to listen to Jenny’s narration as it adds so much to the experience. However, this time I received a copy from her book club subscription Fantastic Strangelings. I was in a conundrum do I read or listen? I decided to do both. […]

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Educated by Tara Westover

July 23, 2019 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Educated by Tara Westover

I bought Educated last year and immediately, began reading it. However, I set it down 50 pages in and didn’t pick it up again until recently. Perhaps it was my frame of mind but I had a hard time putting it down. Tara Westover’s memoir is like an onion, the further I read the more […]

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Lucky

November 19, 2018 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Lucky

First Sentence In the tunnel where I was raped, a tunnel that was once an underground entry to an amphitheatre, a place where actors burst forth from underneath the seats of a crowd, a girl had been murdered and dismembered.   Review Alice Sebold is a powerful writer.  Be it fiction or memoir she has […]

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Review: Angela’s Ashes

June 2, 2011 Whitney Review 6 Comments
Review: Angela’s Ashes

Frank McCourt’s Memoir focuses on his childhood  living in Ireland during the 1930s.  His father drinks away the dole money and has Frank and his brothers swearing to die for Ireland every night, because of this, the McCourts live in poverty living on borrowed time and money and the goodness of the St. Vincent de […]

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