Love and learning are similar, in that they can never be wasted. I could have been a lab girl. Except that I imagined my 'lab' would be the ocean. But after reading Lab Girl, I'm not so sure I would have been cut out for it. The amount of time, energy and dedication that has … Continue reading Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Category: Memoirs
Precious Cargo: My Year Driving the Kids on Bus 3077 by Craig Davidson
When I heard that Craig Davidson was coming out with a memoir about his year of driving a school bus, I was intrigued. Partly because I've been sending my own precious cargo to school on a school bus for the past 10 years, and partly because, from what I hear, his other books are dark, … Continue reading Precious Cargo: My Year Driving the Kids on Bus 3077 by Craig Davidson
But You Did Not Come Back: A Memoir of the Holocaust by Marceline Loridan-Ivens
I loved you so much that I was happy to be deported with you. But You Did Not Come Back is Marceline Loridan-Ivens's very personal memoir about her time in the death camps and how it overshadowed the rest of her life. She writes it in the form of a letter to her father who … Continue reading But You Did Not Come Back: A Memoir of the Holocaust by Marceline Loridan-Ivens
A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge of the Grizzly Trail by Jenna Butler
My husband and I often talk about living a simpler life; growing a lot of our own food, raising our own chickens, owning less stuff. But, like most people, we find it hard to be serious about making the switch; to give up an already established good life for one that is a big question … Continue reading A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge of the Grizzly Trail by Jenna Butler
Drunk Mom by Jowita Bydlowska
I want something. This is no ordinary wanting. This is the wanting that has no end... And there's fear behind the wanting - the fear that if the wanting gets denied there will only be pain and the fear itself left. So, why did I want to read a book about an alcoholic mother? … Continue reading Drunk Mom by Jowita Bydlowska
How Poetry Saved My Life; A Hustler’s Memoir by Amber Dawn
I had no one to help me, but the T.S. Eliot helped me. So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated middle classes, or that it shouldn't be read at school because it is irrelevant, or any of the strange stupid things that are said about poetry … Continue reading How Poetry Saved My Life; A Hustler’s Memoir by Amber Dawn
Naked Imperfection by Gillian Deacon
Gillian Deacon is an award-winning broadcaster for CBC Radio, and an environmental writer and advocate. She is the author of the bestsellers There's Lead in Your Lipstick and Green For Life. She grew up in a home that encouraged always being the best you could be, which is exactly how she decided to live her life. … Continue reading Naked Imperfection by Gillian Deacon
Baltimore’s Mansion: A Memoir by Wayne Johnston
Baltimore's Mansion is Wayne Johnston's memoir of growing up in Newfoundland. Not just growing up in Newfoundland, but growing up there in an anti-Confederate family not long after Newfoundland became the tenth province of Canada. The book is full of anecdotes about his family, mostly his father and grandfather. In fact, Johnston manages to hold … Continue reading Baltimore’s Mansion: A Memoir by Wayne Johnston
The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
This book has been on my to-read list since it first came out. I love the title, and the story of this man's life intrigued me. It took me a while, but I finally got to it. In the meantime, I have seen other great reviews for this book. I've provided links to them at … Continue reading The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
Consumed by Ink 