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Pitch-perfect, engrossing and extremely readable memoir about the difficulties of growing up under unusual family circumstances. Queerspawn audiences will appreciate Melissa Hart giving such lyrical voice to their beautiful, complicated experiences. And OH MY, us babes of the 80's will thrill to her vivid retelling of the trials and tribulations of growing up under the social dictates of John Hughes. This is how memoir is supposed to be done -- I laughed loudly, I cringed with embarrassment, I wondered aloud at the plight of young women who are engaged in scarring wars surrounding self-worth, and I didn't want to put the book down for even a second. Most of all I grieved for the mother and the daughter who were torn apart for no real reason. On this topic, Hart reveals her incredible talent -- she doesn't belabor the colors of her pain, but lets us feel it through almost imperceptible movements in the landscape of her growing world.
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Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood by Melissa Hart
riverbear03, October 4, 2009
Pitch-perfect, engrossing and extremely readable memoir about the difficulties of growing up under unusual family circumstances. Queerspawn audiences will appreciate Melissa Hart giving such lyrical voice to their beautiful, complicated experiences. And OH MY, us babes of the 80's will thrill to her vivid retelling of the trials and tribulations of growing up under the social dictates of John Hughes. This is how memoir is supposed to be done -- I laughed loudly, I cringed with embarrassment, I wondered aloud at the plight of young women who are engaged in scarring wars surrounding self-worth, and I didn't want to put the book down for even a second. Most of all I grieved for the mother and the daughter who were torn apart for no real reason. On this topic, Hart reveals her incredible talent -- she doesn't belabor the colors of her pain, but lets us feel it through almost imperceptible movements in the landscape of her growing world.(5 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)