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She Left Me the Gun by Emma Brockes is an examination of what it's like to be the child of a survivor. As in Speigelman's Maus, Brockes traces the events of her parent's life to make sense of events that occurred in her own. A well-written and fast-moving account, this book traces Emma Brockes journ...
Although the author expresses herself well, the book needs editing. Too many events are thrown in in an unclear fashion. The author’s family is large and I could not keep everyone straight, other than the author’s mother’s seven half-siblings, at least when they were identified with their given name...
BOTWBBC BLURB: When journalist Emma Brockes was ten years old, her mother, Paula, said "One day I will tell you the story of my life and you will be amazed." Growing up in a tranquil English village, Emma knew very little of her mother's life before her. She knew she had grown up in South Africa and...
Do we ever really know our parents? Should we uncover the secrets that they have partially revealed/chosen to conceal from us? I found Emma Brocke's journey compelling reading and I admire her courage and sensitivity in exploring dark family secrets, told from differing memories and viewpoints.
Full disclosure: I received an ARC through the Amazon Vine program. Before that I had marked this one as 'to-read' but the chances of that happening were minimal, had I not received a free copy.I thought I was done with memoirs; they had all been following the same dusty and worn path through the sa...
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