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Great Great Great! 
If I could rate this book six stars, I would! I loved this memoir so much! It was so rich with life and writing. I could not put it down! And when I did put it down I could not stop thinking of the great people in the novel. With such detail and consistency Mary-Ann Tirone Smith has wrote a book that will immortalize her in the world of memoirs. In my opinion, this book is so full of truth and honesty that it is like I was living alongside of her during her childhood and adulthood. Anyone who loves reading...BUY THIS BOOK!!
Insightful and Delightful
Ms. Smith's recent Poppy Rice mysteries the victum has been a young woman. Now at the end of Ms.Smith's memoir she quotes Graham Green: 'All writing is therapy. To some extent all writers seek their craft to heal a wound in themselves, to make themselves whole.'
This memoir she opens her wound for all to see. The murder of a young schoolmate, the mental illness of the killer, of her brother, of her mother, even of the whole community that killed her schoolmate a second time by hiding it almost completely.
Ms. Smith is an accomplished author, her eight novels prove that. In this book she proves it again, and further explains just a bit as to why.
The book itself is a masterpiece. It is at the same time sad, informative, funny, tragic, and provides great insight into a life. Highly recommended.
Excellent book
I like memoirs and this is up there with the best I've ever read. I'd like to have the author as a friend. What I find to be the two best qualities a person can have are compassion and humor and she certainly is filled with both.
Amazing Book
Great book about so many things...life in the 50's, true crime, living with a disabled sibling. I read this book in one day because it was so compelling and I truly felt connected to all of the people in this story.
I laughed many times yet towards the end I was bawling as if I had a personal relationship with the person I was grieving for. In my opinion, to evoke such emotion in a reader, is the mark of a gifted writer.
A great memoir
Wow! What a marvelous tale of memroy, forgiveness, compassion... I was enraptured from page 1 and could not put the book down. Thankfully we've had lots of rainy weather which allowed me to remain glued to the story. For me, few books have have elicited such emotion. I loved it and have recommended it to all of my friends.
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