by Cindy | Dec 21, 2009 | Memoir
Rating: The Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J.R. Moehringer. Hyperion (2005), 370 pages. Moehringer has proven, in The Tender Bar, that he is that most uncommon of authors—a male memoirist with both full access to his feelings and the ability to write about them....
by Cindy | Aug 13, 2009 | Memoir
Rating: The Only Girl in the Car, by Kathy Dobie. The Dial Press (2003), 240 pages. This book has much in common with the memoir Lucky. Both authors describe a rape in excruciating detail, while at the same time writing about their families and their years...