by Cindy | Jan 11, 2010 | Memoir
Rating: Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Free Press (2007), 353 pages. In order for me to love a memoir the author must cover the following basics: a great memory for not just the concrete details of life as a small child (if the memoirist has omitted the...
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...