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The Habit (2011)

by Susan Morse(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

145322100X (ISBN13: 9781453221006)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Open Road E-riginal

review 1: The sandwich generation will appreciate this memoir. Loved the fact this is not a sentimental sappy story. Fighting insurance companies and finding long term care are enough of a hurdle without adding old childhood anxieties to pile on the frustration. Plus your teenage son needs help with his homework and dinner and is learning to drive so when your heart attack happens he can save your life! I literally laughed out loud like I do when reading David Sedaris.
review 2: Reading "The Habit" was like sitting at a cozy café with a good friend, drinking coffee, sharing our souls and lives and laughing our asses off. The book begins and ends within the span of one year, but Susan Morse's narrative on her life, and that of her mother's, covers 150+ years, which gives... more this very personal account its heart and soul. It was difficult to put "The Habit" down to eat, sleep and care for my family. Ms. Morse's writing style is reminiscent of David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, yet her voice is a unique and strong one. I read "The Habit" nine months after my mother died. I did not have a good relationship with her so I was initially hesitant about reading Ms. Morse's chronicle of her relationship with her mother. My hesitation was unfounded and reading "The Habit" turned out to be surprisingly cathartic. The mother-daughter relationship envy that I anticipated never surfaced. In fact, instead of feeling sad and angry about what I didn't have with my own mother, I laughed and cried (good crying) and celebrated with Ms. Morse as she took me on irreverently poignant adventures through her life and her mother's life, which includes "Ma" becoming a nun at 85 years old!"The Habit" can be appreciated by all, whether or not you're a parent, a daughter, a son, or a nun, if you enjoy an honest, well written and marvelously witty book then you'll enjoy "The Habit". less

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