Who Do You Think You Are?
A Memoir
$31.10
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2010
Summary
After her mother’s death, Alyse Myers covets only one thing: a wooden box that sits in the back of a closet. Its contents have been kept from her for her entire life. When she was thirteen years old her mother promised she could have the box, “when I’m dead. In fact, it’ll be my present to you.”
Growing up in Queens in the 1960s and ‘70s, Alyse always yearned for more in life, while her mother settled for an unhappy marriage, an unsatisfying job, and ultimately a joyless existence. Her father drifts in and out of their home. There are harrowing fights, abject cruelty, and endless uncertainty. Throughout her childhood Alyse adamantly rejects everything about her mother’s lifestyle, leaving her mother to ask “Who do you think you are?”
A personal portrait of a mother and daughter, Who Do You Think You Are? explores the profound and poignant revelations that so often can come to light only after a parent has died. Balancing childhood memories with adult observations, Alyse Myers creates a riveting and deeply moving narrative.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781416543060 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1416543066 |
| Author: | Alyse Myers |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Touchstone |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 287g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 140mm x 214mm |
Critics Review
“The moving story…pleasantly old-fashioned…touching, even tender, record of Myer’s thorny mother’s difficult life raising three girls alone.”-The New York Times
“Here’s a book so honest it won’t let you off the hook. You may not realize it during the early pages, but it’s a book about love. Indeed, it’s a story where love is redefined, and even though it traces the sometimes unbearable relationship of mother and daughter, there are insights here for all of us. And the writing is masterly, taut, honest, and strangely satisfying.” – Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes
“The moving story…pleasantly old-fashioned…touching, even tender, record of Myer’s thorny mother’s difficult life raising three girls alone.” -The New York Times
“Myers provides a moving lesson. This journey has universal resonance for myriad readers.” -LibraryJournal.com (starred)
Alyse Myers
Alyse Myers lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. This is her first book.
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