pickI always appreciate a memoir that shows us a lived experience, or in this case the story of a family, that also manages to paint a broader image of American life. A memoir about belonging and knowing where and who you came from. Taffa‘s grandparents attended the Native American boarding schools.
bailedThis book is billed as memoir, but it‘s also a history. And that‘s where my problems arise. She is giving history and even putting quote marks in without providing a single citation. This may be meticulously researched and fully accurate, but without a single page of end material, it just doesn‘t work for me.
NBA longlist, nonfiction
Whiskey Tender: A Memoir | 
