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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 974.7043092
EAN: 9781416543053
ISBN: 1416543058
Label: Touchstone
Manufacturer: Touchstone
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: May 06, 2008
Publisher: Touchstone
Studio: Touchstone
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
After her mother's death, Alyse Myers covets only one thing: a wooden box that sits in the back of a closet. Its contents have been kept from her for her entire life. When she was thirteen years old her mother promised she could have the box, "when I'm dead. In fact, it'll be my present to you."
Growing up in Queens in the 1960s and '70s, Alyse always yearned for more in life, while her mother settled for an unhappy marriage, an unsatisfying job, and ultimately a joyless existence. Her father drifts in and out of their home. There are harrowing fights, abject cruelty, and endless uncertainty. Throughout her childhood Alyse adamantly rejects everything about her mother's lifestyle, leaving her mother to ask "Who do you think you are?"
A personal portrait of a mother and daughter, Who Do You Think You Are? explores the profound and poignant revelations that so often can come to light only after a parent has died. Balancing childhood memories with adult observations, Alyse Myers creates a riveting and deeply moving narrative.
Rating:
- HONEST & MOVING
I appreciate the honesty it took for this author to write this book. She dug deep into what had to be painful memories and I give her credit for going there. I was moved/touched by her life story and thank her for allowing us a look into it. Most of all, I'm very happy she made it! She moved on with her life and didn't let her past determine her future....GOOD FOR YOU! I highly recommend it to others.
Rating:
- We understand too little too late
This memoir is a quick read, full of regret and sadness for the mother (and father) who might have been. Parents let their children down regularly, that is just a fact of life. The character that Myers describes as her mother is not some abusive monster, but instead is an extremely lonely, isolated and depressed young widow who is struggling to support three kids.
Not at all a nurturing mother, but then that did not shock or surprise me. She had a husband with numerous health problems, ... Read More
Rating: - Emotional read that triggered memories of my youth
"I found this book to be amazingly captivating. I must be honest I did not expect to enjoy this read, but I was entranced from the first page. The book was a nostalgic ride back into my youth. Alyse Myers manages to deal with her formative years in an honest almost cleansing manner. The book shows us how we are in some positive and negative ways the products of our environment. The essence of who we are is shaped in childhood and Alyse shows her strength and determination in rising to the top." ... Read More
Rating:
- dissapointing
No insight. A the ending - the "I'm the good person I am today because my mother was awful to me, and I wanted to be better than her" is a total cop out. How about that you might be a good person today ~in spite of~ the hate and violence your mother tortured you with as a child? Think about what a wonderful person you'd be like if you had a Good childhood? A supportive parent, a happy household, an understanding family. It's like justifying being spanked as a child as a good thing because hey, you turned ... Read More
Rating:
- Once I had the time to spend..
reading this memoir--I was done reading it in one day. I found there were times I put it down; when it got too close for comfort. I really found this book by accident..I didn't know anything about it until I was shopping for new memoir's at bookstore last weekend--and there it was. I am very glad I picked it up and read it. I will recommend this book to my best friend..and I think she will like it as much as I do. :)
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Who Do You Think You Are?: A Memoir
by: Alyse Myers
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 974.7043092
EAN: 9781416543053
ISBN: 1416543058
Label: Touchstone
Manufacturer: Touchstone
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: May 06, 2008
Publisher: Touchstone
Studio: Touchstone
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
After her mother's death, Alyse Myers covets only one thing: a wooden box that sits in the back of a closet. Its contents have been kept from her for her entire life. When she was thirteen years old her mother promised she could have the box, "when I'm dead. In fact, it'll be my present to you."
Growing up in Queens in the 1960s and '70s, Alyse always yearned for more in life, while her mother settled for an unhappy marriage, an unsatisfying job, and ultimately a joyless existence. Her father drifts in and out of their home. There are harrowing fights, abject cruelty, and endless uncertainty. Throughout her childhood Alyse adamantly rejects everything about her mother's lifestyle, leaving her mother to ask "Who do you think you are?"
A personal portrait of a mother and daughter, Who Do You Think You Are? explores the profound and poignant revelations that so often can come to light only after a parent has died. Balancing childhood memories with adult observations, Alyse Myers creates a riveting and deeply moving narrative.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- HONEST & MOVINGI appreciate the honesty it took for this author to write this book. She dug deep into what had to be painful memories and I give her credit for going there. I was moved/touched by her life story and thank her for allowing us a look into it. Most of all, I'm very happy she made it! She moved on with her life and didn't let her past determine her future....GOOD FOR YOU! I highly recommend it to others.
Rating:
- We understand too little too lateThis memoir is a quick read, full of regret and sadness for the mother (and father) who might have been. Parents let their children down regularly, that is just a fact of life. The character that Myers describes as her mother is not some abusive monster, but instead is an extremely lonely, isolated and depressed young widow who is struggling to support three kids.
Not at all a nurturing mother, but then that did not shock or surprise me. She had a husband with numerous health problems, ... Read More
Rating:
- Emotional read that triggered memories of my youth"I found this book to be amazingly captivating. I must be honest I did not expect to enjoy this read, but I was entranced from the first page. The book was a nostalgic ride back into my youth. Alyse Myers manages to deal with her formative years in an honest almost cleansing manner. The book shows us how we are in some positive and negative ways the products of our environment. The essence of who we are is shaped in childhood and Alyse shows her strength and determination in rising to the top." ... Read More
Rating:
- dissapointing No insight. A the ending - the "I'm the good person I am today because my mother was awful to me, and I wanted to be better than her" is a total cop out. How about that you might be a good person today ~in spite of~ the hate and violence your mother tortured you with as a child? Think about what a wonderful person you'd be like if you had a Good childhood? A supportive parent, a happy household, an understanding family. It's like justifying being spanked as a child as a good thing because hey, you turned ... Read More
Rating:
- Once I had the time to spend..reading this memoir--I was done reading it in one day. I found there were times I put it down; when it got too close for comfort. I really found this book by accident..I didn't know anything about it until I was shopping for new memoir's at bookstore last weekend--and there it was. I am very glad I picked it up and read it. I will recommend this book to my best friend..and I think she will like it as much as I do. :)
Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •
