Mary Louise 's review
Rockabye: A Young Mom's Journey from Wild to Child
by Rebecca Woolf (Goodreads author!)
Mary Louise 's review
Rockabye: A Young Mom's Journey from Wild to Child by Rebecca Woolf (Goodreads author!)
Mary Louise 's review
rating:
recommended for: anyone
How can I adequately describe this original, talented writer, or her impressive first memoir? The only possible comparison is that Rebecca Woolf is the Chrissie Hynde of narrative nonfiction. (And no woman--to date--plays the guitar better or loves her child as much as Chrissie does. Remember the songs, "My Baby" or "Show Me"??) Woolf wields a mighty pen, and I suspect that she will be a force to contend with in the future, having a long and fruitful career as a writer. I mean, HOLYSHIT, this is her first book! In this memoir, Woolf struggles with and ultimately concludes that a woman can raise a child without losing the best parts, the core of her identity. (Woolf is one of several new generation parenting memoirs on the market, thank god!) Woolf’s memoir is ferociously honest, funny, and touching. She brings the reader right up to the dangerous edge of realism and voyeurism, romanticism and raw sexuality. And her social critiques are right on-target, especiall...more
