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Lädt ... Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in Americavon Carolyn See
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In this bittersweet and beautifully written memoir, Carolyn See embarks on nothing less than a reevaluation of the American Dream. Although it features a clan in which dysfunction was something of a family tradition, Dreaming is no victim's story. With a wry humor and not a trace of self-pity, See writes of fights and breakups and hard times, but also of celebration and optimism in the face of adversity. The story of See's family speaks for the countless people who reached for the shining American vision, found it eluded their grasp, and then tried to make what they had glitter as best they could. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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While the story that's told here really is pretty awful, the writing is excellent, and I began to see early in the narrative that it was undoubtedly Carolyn See's odd sense of humor that probably kept her sane and able to shake off some of the worst of the bad times she endured - humor and several years of therapy, that is. The book's been around for over fifteen years now, so I'm kinda curious what's happened to her since. Maybe she'll write another memoir. Or maybe I'll have to scrounge up one of her several novels, because she is a damn fine writer. If you want to read a good book about a mostly AWFUL family life, then try this one, DREAMING. You'll close this book and keep thinking about it for a while, thinking, "How AWful!" ( )