Knock Knock : : A Life (Hardcover)

from kellyatfsu

I couldn't get into this book. The writing style came across very choppy and disjointed to me and made it impossible to care about any of the characters. I finished it only because I can't stand to not finish a book. Would not recommend.

from bleached

One of those books that no matter how many times I picked it up, I couldn't get into to. I only manged to get about half way before I gave up, for now at least. Not to say that it is a bad story, but something about it just didn't pique my interest. Maybe one of these days I'll be able to pick it...

from sleahey

Reading much like a memoir, this novel is presumably an autobiographical account of the author's journey both geographically and emotionally. A naive young woman from the Midwest, March lands in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago at different times in her adult search for belonging and purpose....

from mldavis2

Although this is McNear's first novel, she is no amateur writer, having spent years in magazine publications as an editor and later a freelance journalist. It is not clear if this might be a fictional creation or an actual memoir by the author using a fictional name. Nevertheless, it is a well wr...

from TimBazzett

I liked this book very much. KNOCK KNOCK is a very unusual sort of book. It is a "ficitional memoir," with an engaging heroine in March Rivers. You remember that song, "It's a Hard Knock Life," from ANNIE? Well, in many ways, March's life was that, and then again mabye not so much. What do I mean...