Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir | 
Seren and I had a cozy evening with this memoir. Reached about the halfway mark, but now I need to get some sleep!
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Seren and I had a cozy evening with this memoir. Reached about the halfway mark, but now I need to get some sleep!
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I initially picked this up because I wanted to support a fellow Semester at Sea alumna.
WWBWWB is largely about Snyder's horrific youth (abuse/religious oppression), but it also chronicles her haphazard career path, global adventures, relationships, & personal growth.
She writes, "It isn't just what you learn of the world from travel; it's what you learn of yourself and your people." This education of sorts is the heart of her story.
pickA memoir by the author of “No Visible Bruises”, a nonfiction title on domestic violence. Rachael Louise Snyder‘s mother died of cancer when Rachael was a child. After that tragic loss her father moved them into a new home, place, and religion: extreme evangelical beliefs that led to trauma. She made her own way in life: traveling the world and creating a family of her own. A good audio with a slow middle but engaging beginning and tearful ending.
Well, that is crazy, but I can't say I'm surprised!!!
Getting back to Women We Buried, Women We Burned today.
Not me crying in the prologue because it makes me ache for my Semester at Sea days. ???
"...we passed over the equator and hugged everyone in our midst, knowing that to travel such distances meant the people we were becoming were not the same ones who'd be returning home."
pickThe first 1/2 of this memoir is a solid 5/5. Snyder‘s vulnerability about her childhood makes for a fascinating read (and No Visible Bruises possible). I loved it. The second 1/2 of her travels, marriage and daughter are rushed. Snyder underestimated her fans here- we want to read everything she thinks- she doesn‘t need an abridged version. Great book by a great author.
I love the library!!! Decided to browse my local library's "New" Fiction and Non-Fiction shelves to see if they had any of the recent titles I have been dying to read, and I got lucky! Gotta finish my current reads first, but then I'm starting the tagged book. It was written by a fellow SAS alumni!
#libraryhaul I know what we‘re watching tonight! I‘ve been eagerly anticipating the US dvd/streaming release of this movie. And Snyder‘s No Visible Bruises was so good. Look forward to trying her memoir.
