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Dec 26, 2017Indoorcamping rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Hearing a beautiful original, heart-wrenching author being interviewed on some random podcast is the way to best learn about books you'll want to read. Books like these are the ones you'll finish in a few days, being unable to think of anything else. They're written so honestly, so uniquely, and so original that you're easily able to live within the voice of the author, reliving a life filled with overcoming struggle and embarrassing adventures, enjoying the journey, surprised by the twists and turns along the way. Amazing books and incredible authors take you through situations that you don't have to go through yourself, that you wouldn't want to live through, that you would rather hear about and learn lessons in this manner. This is one of those books that gets you to appreciate your life, even if you've been homeless, abandoned, unloved, poor, starving and hungry, unable to see how you're going to make it to the end of the day. In fact, if you find yourself in an awful time of your life, this is one of those books that gives you the grit to keep going. If someone can come through this, you can do what you have to do. It's a book to remind you why you read memoirs in the first place. And one of the best things I've read in a long, long, time.