If Grace Helbig is the Internet’s Awkward Older Sister, then Mamrie Hart is the badass aunt who has the best stories and is always sneaking us sips of booze. I mean, the woman built her career out of making (and consuming) cocktails. That alone made me think this book was going to be good. And then when I found out each chapter started off with it’s own drink recipe? Well, pour the shots and let’s get to reading.
Do not try to sing the title to the tune of “The Circle of Life”
It’s weird, sometimes, how much other people’s stories can mean to you. It’s part of the reason I love reading (good) memoirs – coming across that one story, that one line in their tale, that hits you right in the heart, or the head, or rings some distant memory bell of your own. The thing that makes you see that people – with all their infinite indiviualities – still have so many little points of connection. And that’s how I felt reading The Story of […]
Another Memoir About a Nutty Family
Gwendolyn Knapp is only in her thirties, but her colorful family and personal relationships have already provided enough fodder for a memoir. After While is the story of Gwendolyn, her sister Molly, her mother Margie, and her stepfather John. Of course, there is a host of other family members and the occasional love interest that pepper her life with stress and shenanigans. Knapp grew up in Florida where she lived with her packrat mother and overachieving goth sister, as well as her mother’s extended family. […]
Funny Lady Flirts with Disaster
The summer between seventh and eighth grade I was riding my bike to the orthodontist while wearing flip flops when I stopped suddenly and my unprotected big toe was nearly severed by my kickstand. It’s not exactly catching my ballerina outfit on fire while riding on the back of my father’s motorcycle… but I could relate to some of Aisha’s childhood clumsiness. Our similarities ended in middle school (my drunken stories don’t start until the end of my senior year in high school) but Aisha’s […]
We Are Losing Them
My life growing up was, in many ways, very different from the people who populate my adult life. I find myself looking around often and saying “but why don’t you understand _____________?” I grew up in a very diverse area and my experiences and knowledge reflect that diversity. But it’s fair to say that my expanded viewpoint is only expanded to a certain extent because I still view life from a place of white, middle class privilege. But the high school that I attended started […]
‘Not All Miserable Unfulfilled Losers’
**Apparently this isn’t released until Tuesday, but my local Barnes and Noble had it out yesterday, so I guess I’m reviewing this from the future? Awesome!** You might be familiar with Ms. Gibbons. She’s the woman who went on TV in her bathing suit (in Times Square, no less), wearing a size 18ish. She had sex with her husband every night of the year in hopes of improving her own body confidence. She runs the website ‘Brittany, Herself’ and is the leader of the ‘curvy […]
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