Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing | 
pickSince I‘ve already read the Trevor Noah memoir, I used this #AuldLangSpine recommendation from @MallenNC to fit the “Born a Crime” prompt for #Nonfiction2024. It‘s the story of an upper middle-class soccer mom who steals and commits identity theft to support her drug addiction, which lands her in jail. Hardin is brutally honest about her crimes and her struggles, and how she found redemption and forgiveness —and a career as a ghostwriter.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 This memoir is well worth the read. She talks about her time in prison without being salacious (that tends to happen in other prison memoirs I‘ve read). She also doesn‘t shy away from her own culpability, and describes the injustices convicts face without victimizing herself. Excellent to listen on audio - she reads it herself. I highly recommend!!
pickI do not have any memory of how this book came to my attention, nor why/when I put a library hold on the ebook. But it came and I opened it. Baffled! Asking myself, “Who is this person? Why did I put this on hold?!” And the other equally strange bafflement of how she slipped under my radar. I didn‘t know of her book with Anthony Ray Hinton and yet!! I had read Just Mercy by the attorney that advocated for Hinton, Bryan Stevenson. How did I miss 👇
After just shy of 30 years in Corrections, I wish this quote didn‘t resonate so deeply. 😞
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pickLara Love Hardin's story is a rollercoaster of emotions and she shares it with raw open honesty. This book is a LOUD reminder that no matter how difficult our past may be, it's NEVER too late to find hope and rebuild our lives.
pickA well written honest story of one woman‘s journey from addict to advocate. Lara Love Hardin doesn‘t hold back from sharing her highs and lows as she & her second husband lie, cheat and steal from friends, neighbors and family to feed their heroin addiction. This book left me with all the feels- anger, sadness, shock and hope. Read by the author. #BorrowNotBuy
pickI thought this was fantastic! Didn‘t know much about it when requesting the ARC, other than that she cowrote The Sun Does Shine, which I loved. Ended up feeling really connected to her story, esp. bc it took place in Santa Cruz during a time period when I was living there too as a young mom with two little boys around her youngest son‘s age. (I wonder if our paths ever crossed?) She‘s an incredible writer, and this book has so much to say about ⬇️
