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I Love A Broad Margin To My Life (2011)

by Maxine Hong Kingston(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

030727019X (ISBN13: 9780307270191)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Knopf

review 1: Those who are familiar with Maxine Hong Kingston's work may appreciate this memoir in verse. As much as I loved THE WOMAN WARRIOR long years ago, I had trouble staying focused on this book, despite the wonderful title (from a Thoreau quotation). I kept thinking that if I had read every single other book she had written, I would understand the context more clearly, but as much as I admire this author, this was not the book for me to read at this point.
review 2: I'm very much into reading memoirs, and I do like having a broad margin in my life, but I did not enjoy this book. The free verse style of writing was hard to read. I love punctuation and paragraphs. Also, the content was of no interest. There is, however, always new information: Eighty out of every ... moreone hundred people live in cities. Interesting thought: "Women are better at living than man is. less

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