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Who Do You Think You Are?: A Memoir
by Alyse Myers
from Touchstone

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• 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.

• 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, who (we learn at... more info

• 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." - Eva... more info

• 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... more info

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