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This is a mixture of memoir and the history of women in crossword puzzle construction. The history part is fascinating; the memor often feels shoved i
This is a mixture of memoir and the history of women in crossword puzzle construction. The history part is fascinating; the memor often feels shoved in awkwardly. Schechtman leans really hard into literary theory and psychoanalysis in a way that felt rather...detached? I think she wanted this to help tie the two parts of the book together, but I don't think it does so successfully. I'd read the history and skim over the memoir and theory. Note that the description of this book fails to mention that the memoir portion focuses very heavily on disordered eating (the author's struggle with anorexia) so insert content warning here.
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Okay, look. I will read almost any grief memoir I come across. This one, about the sudden loss of the author's husband followed shortly by the author'
Okay, look. I will read almost any grief memoir I come across. This one, about the sudden loss of the author's husband followed shortly by the author's diagnosis with a life-threatening condition, is structured in vignettes that do often provide some piercing insights into the grief experience. However, I found the book kind of hard to connect with. Maybe it's because I haven't lost a spouse or maybe it's because I've read too excellent many grief memoirs, but this one just didn't offer as much depth as I was hoping for. It didn't offer anything particularly unique to the grief memoir genre or any particularly profound insights. This wasn't bad by any means, but I don't expect it to stay with me.
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