Not sure why this got such mixed reviews

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	• Her Last Death: A Memoir Susanna Sonnenberg Scribner, 2008 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 55 reviews view larger image
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A Literary Memoir

The writing in this book mesmerizes, and must trump all mentions of plot events, sexiness, and craziness. (Not that it isn't plotted, sexy, and crazy.) In spite of many reviewers tendency to focus on the well-drawn but flashy props like affairs in airplane bathrooms and cocaine paraphenalia, it's the large issues that must convince the reader of this book's deep success. Sonnenberg cradles parenthood, abortion, love, addiction, and happiness in a deft and nuanced grip. As for comparisons to other recent memoirs, The Glass Castle is fragile and transparent compared to the lovely architecture of Her Last Death.

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Her last death

What a shock to read this book! It shows that a child's love for a mother is all forgiving, no matter what suffering, neglect and abuse they have to endure. It is an amazing story of survival and hope. Well written, better than any suspense story because it is real life.

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Not sure why this got such mixed reviews

I'm surprised by the mixed reviews of this book. As an avid memoir reader and wanna-be-published-memoirist, I thought Sonnenberg did an outstanding job of showing readers what a mixed bag of emotions and motivations her family members could be. She put that scrutiny onto herself as well, examining her own culpability along the way. Perhaps that's what some readers chaffed against: that until the middle of the book she herself is rather unlikable, disrespectful, sleezy, spoiled. But the sheer fact that Sonnenberg *presents* herself as such shows us she knows well what she's doing as an author, especially as she grows up and her real-life character arcs in the process. The writing was mostly clean and clear (a handful of sentences had some rhythm problems), and the book demands to be read once started. I'd recommend this book to a friend or bookclub.

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