Mardi Jo Link
Autor/a de Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm
Sobre l'autor
Mardi Link is a journalist; a former police reporter; and the author of two other true crime books, Isadore's Secret; Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town and Wicked Takes the Witness Stand: A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan.
Crèdit de la imatge: Uncredited image from National Writers Series website.
Obres de Mardi Jo Link
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- Gènere
- female
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Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern… de Mardi Jo Link
2023 book #64. 2013. A memoir of a single mom with 3 boys and how they survived the first year after her marriage ended. On a small Michigan farm no less. Humorous and heartwarming. Read for a book club.
Good writer, and a well told memoir of a hard period in her life. A reminder that poverty is always much closer than we think, and what that looks like from the inside. Vaguely annoying, in that I wanted her to succeed without the new love of my life marriage thing, but a good read for all of that.
Longwinded in need of a better editor. Chapters completely irrelevant to the story. A whole chapter about a book club many decades later that had Shirley not been murdered she may or may not have wanted to have been a member of. Another chapter on the history of the area. Save time and find an article online would be my advice.
A cute, humorous look at a year in the life of a single mom , raising 3 boys on a Northern Michigan farm. Although this is billed as bio/memoir it's really not that at all. As I said, it just covers the one year, which is the year she left her husband. Said husband moved across the road. She refers to the husband as Mr. Wonderful (sarcastically) through-out.
The writing was not great, most of the stories were humorous, but a few times she irked me with the "poor me" attitude. All things considered, it deserves the 3 stars for the times it made me laugh or smile.… (més)
The writing was not great, most of the stories were humorous, but a few times she irked me with the "poor me" attitude. All things considered, it deserves the 3 stars for the times it made me laugh or smile.… (més)
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- Obres
- 8
- Membres
- 349
- Popularitat
- #68,500
- Valoració
- 3.5
- Ressenyes
- 22
- ISBN
- 22