Not your typical "poor little rich girl" memoir

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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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Not your typical "poor little rich girl" memoir

OK, Susan Sonnenberg grew up rich. No getting around it. But while a wealthy upbringing usually colors a memoir in a distinctively self-pitying shade (usually through the author trying to hide it), this memoir actually acknowledges that while the money made her life comfortable, it didn't mean her life was free of torment.

What is perhaps most striking about the eloquently expressed reflections and memories here is how Sonnenberg can write about what has lacks a definable quality...it isn't quite sexual abuse, though sexually inappropriate; it isn't quite forced drug addiction, but availability of drugs makes a terrible living environment; and what do you call it when your mother teaches you that sex is the key to everything but then tries to protect you from the men that want to have sex with you?

The biggest surprise as I read was how much the author seemed to have in common with the author of Sickened, whose mother suffered from Munchausen's by proxy. The two women are worlds apart, and yet suffer for their mothers' sins. They are also both exquisitely crafted memoirs, both trying to make sense of strange childhoods, and trying to find who they are as adults separate from their mothers.

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Excellent Memoir

I am in a book club and this book was chosen for this month's read. I just started reading it this week and I am almost finished. I hate to put it down. It is hard to believe what this girl's life was like growing up. I think it is a great book and would definately reccomend it to my friends.

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An awesome book! A real page turner

This book grabbed my attention in the first chapter, and kept it throughout the book. I never wanted to put it down. It was definitely a real page turner. I couldn't wait to see what story the author was going to tell next. I would recommend this to everyone!

bittersweet memories of my mother

Her Last Death will remind many of us of our relationship with our mothers . While Susie s account of her mother
portray a woman with a very strong personality subject to dramatic mood swings it is apparent that she and her mother are too alike to get on with each other as Susie grows up .
This book chronicles how their similarities which used to bond them eventually drive them apart .

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