The Boys of My Youth, (Paperback)

from DetailMuse

My mother is sewing a button on my father's shirt while he's still wearing it. “I was having this terrible feeling,” she says, “that she'd be this forty-year-old woman, going around telling people ...

from DonnaEverhart

I was mesmerized by the writing style of Jo Ann Beard. She did a magnificent job capturing her youth, really her life in general, from the time when she was about three up through adult years. I la...

from SarahNeptune

A dozen years after reading it, moments from this memoir still come back to me. Though it's been so long that I can't detail the specifics, I know loved it -- I'm pretty sure I devoured it and didn...

from magst

It was a bit of a let down. I was more interested with the family/friends then with the author as a character. She didn't come through very well on paper.

from DetailMuse

My mother is sewing a button on my father's shirt while he's still wearing it. “I was having this terrible feeling,” she says, “that she'd be this forty-year-old woman, going around telling people ...