Fire Shut Up in My Bones, (Paperback)

from lisamunro

Memoirs are a tricky genre. Not all are factual and not all are interesting. We, the audience, have to care about the life of the person at the center of the story. Charles M. Blow succeeds admirably here, crafting a story with an explosive opening and then providing us the necessary backstory to...

from Perednia

The youngest of five boys in an extended family where one was rarely alone, where great effort was put into using the gifts of the land to feed everyone, where men and women rarely stayed married to each other but had bonds that didn't break, and where dignity and respect shone, Charles Blow reme...

from bogopea

I thought his writing was at times exquisite. Story paled abut halfway through and I wondered why he wanted to share his young life with the world.

from andreancarr

I love this book. It makes a point, we have no way of knowing the impact that things can have on us until much, later on. After, being affected and having the courage to deal with it. Especially, as children growing up, lacking the maturity to understand complex emotions. Often blaming ourselves ...

from bell7

Charles M. Blow recounts the story of his childhood and growing into adulthood, a journey that was shaped greatly by his cousin's sexual abuse and his own confusion about his sexuality. This searing memoir resonates strongly with me. I did not grow up poor and black in the southern U.S., but I ha...