9 1/2 Narrow: My Life in Shoes (Hardcover) by Patricia Morrisroe

from alexand-rra13

Overall I really enjoyed this book. It's about Morrisroe's life seen through the shoes she's wearing. At first it felt a little formal, almost like reading an essay for school, but it definitely picked up as the story progressed. It was entertaining and a fast read. The shoe history sprinkled thr...

from MGJackson

I love memoirs and this one was a good read - not excellent, but good. The story was interwoven very loosely with the shoe theme. Given my own love of shoes and my regret that I can no longer wear heels without great suffering, I could relate to the author's fascination with shoes and her similar...

from xkoqueen

9 1/2 Narrow: My Life in Shoes by Patricia Morrisroe is figuratively a walk in someone else's shoes. Ms. Morrisroe, an experienced journalist and author, has written a light-hearted, fun memoir and sprinkled it with a healthy dose of shoe trivia. Ms. Morrisroe walks us through recent history as w...

from minacee

"Omg shoes. Let's get some shoes!" That could practically be the motto of Patricia Morrisroe. She was also wise enough to memorialize her shoes and the shoes of other people in this book. The reader is with Morrisroe every step of the way (sorry, I had to, it was too easy) as she reminisces about...

from lisan.

How could I not love an autobiography based around shoes? Like the author, I also have fond memories of certain shoes, and the things I did while wearing them. Although at times the writing meandered a bit, there was a certain wry humor that kept me reading. I loved her descriptions of her mother...