Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Riding with the Ghost : a Memoir - Justin Taylor

 This was a tough story to read, it was given to me by Library with my holds.  The author reveals his relationship with his father, a man tortured by failure, a broken marriage and declining health.  In examining his father's life, he reflects on the affect it has had on his own life.  The book rambled for a large part of the middle, finally coming back to the story in the end.  Not a satisfying read.

Quotes:

"At what point does my presumption of his right to self-determination become itself a form of negligence, of harm?"

"So what do I want?  I want the life I have more than the life I might have had instead.  I want to not make the compromises my parents made." 

Published: 2020 Read: November 2020 Genre: Memoir

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