I like the oddball style of the author – she engages the reader both inside and outside the pages – and so I was drawn to read this short book of memoirs. She wrote another book of stories/memoirs and also quite a few children’s books.
I’m guessing that most readers who know the background story behind this book (the author died shortly after publishing this book from ovarian cancer) get a sort of sad, melancholy feeling from it like I did. Without that information, there is a lot of joy found here and touching, playful moments where the author focuses on things that most people don’t think about or notice.
There was also an interactive component to this, which I sort of skipped over as I’m not sure it still works or if I can access it outside the USA. For a bit of a read off the beaten path, this was refreshing. Still, it was profoundly sad to see how much life and happiness was packed in here so soon before it would be snuffed out.
Next I’m reading Thinking In Bets by Annie Duke.
