Dark at the Roots : A Memoir (Paperback)

from horomnizon

I wasn't too sure about this when I started the book, but by about 50 pages in, I was hooked. Certainly not an angelic childhood, but then again, whose was? Thyre tries her whole youth to be better than her family - or at least to appear to be in higher society than she really is. The stories are...

from eenerd

Sarah Thyre is officially one of my favorite people. The book was at times laugh out loud funny, and often so much so that you can't believe it is real. How refreshing to read a memoir about growing up that I can actually relate to...something decidely "imperfect" but not so much so that it turns...

from allthatglam

The author took a difficult childhood and made the best of it....I laughed out loud reading this! Serious subject matter at times, but overall humorous.

from bettyjo

I had to put it down after 88 pages....just could not get into this memoir. I expected it to be a funny Glass Castle...disappointing.

from tealightful

This book was nothing special, in my humble opinion. Thyre's life was just as eccentric (maybe even less so) as her genre-equivalents -- except she isn't that great of a story teller.Of course, there were funny moments and relatable moments but I wasn't as interested in this book as I usually am....