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Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
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Matthew Green
queenmom
, October 12, 2012
An imaginary friend who isn't so imaginary is the narrator of "Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend" by Matthew Green. This is such an interesting premise, and as Jodi Picoult says in a review, "You've never read a book like this before." For those of us who remember imaginary friends when we were growing up, for those of us with kids who have had the occasional imaginary friend, and for everyone else who wonders about where these "friends" go when kids grow up and forget about them, this is the book to pick up. Not only is Budo, young Max's imaginary friend, very real to Max, but he is also very real to other imaginary friends. There's a whole world of unseen people in this book. It brings to mind "The Velveteen Rabbit" where one might wonder, "What is 'real?'" after reading it. Friendship is the underlying theme of this book. Whether a friend is "real" or not, the fact remains that everyone needs someone to love and to care about. We immediately care about Max, a special needs second-grader who faces very real problems like being bullied in the school bathroom and facing the day with a lack of real friends. We also care about Budo, who teachers and parents brush off as being imaginary, but in Max's reality is indeed as much a part of his life as any "real" person can be. Heartwarming and heartbreaking, "Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend" will stay with you long after the last page is read.
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Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress
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Lee Woodruff
queenmom
, May 09, 2012
Reading this book made me feel like I was sitting across from a very good friend who had story after story to share with me about her life. Lee Woodruff's book, Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress, is full of essays about different aspects of what it's like to be a mother of four, a wife of Bob Woodruff, news correspondent who almost died on assignment, and a woman who is trying her best at keeping sane through it all. Her sense of humor about the mundane to the extraordinary made me laugh out loud while her poignant heartbreaking stories about her aging father made me sob as I can so very well relate to her. I love the blurb from Liz Smith on the book's cover, which states: "Nora Epron + Erma Bombeck = Lee Woodruff. This is the book for all the women in your lives!" Read the book and hope for more stories from Lee Woodruff in the future!
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