Chanel Bonfire : A Book Club Recommendation!

from suballa

Growing up with an alcoholic, narcissistic, and mentally ill mother was by no means easy for Wendy and her younger sister Robin. Keeping the severe dysfunction hidden behind closed doors was even harder. Wendy, the dutiful older daughter, became the glue that held her family together despite the ...

from MaryEvelynLS

Great read! Honest and painful memoir, with a few laughs sprinkled in for good measure. Wendy Lawless and her sister, Robin, grew up with an unstable Grace Kelly-ish mother who drank and drank and then, unfortunately for all involved, drank some more. Their beautiful and conniving mother also col...

from Kristen11

This book struck a cord with me from the very first page, and I couldn't pull myself away from it. Lawless has wonderful approach to recounting her childhood. The story flows even though it covers so many years. I'm still in awe that Lawless was able to get past the horrendous years of her childh...

from srkromer

Chanel Bonfire by Wendy Lawless is a refreshingly honest yet horrifically heartbreaking memoir. Chanel Bonfire is a powerful memoir focusing on Wendy's childhood which was riddled with emotional abuse and neglect from her mother. This heartbreaking story will capture your heart and attention and ...

from aelizabethj

This was fantastic, I couldn't put it down. I don't know how I missed this, but in the very beginning, I wasn't aware that it was a memoir - thought it was more of a novel like The Chocolate Money, which was fantastic in its own right. Similar themes, the crazy wealthy mother, lots of men, lots o...