Sherrie's review
Girls of Tender Age: A Memoir
by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Sherrie's review
Girls of Tender Age: A Memoir by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Sherrie's review
rating:
bookshelves:
2007booklist,
myfavorites
recommended for: Everyone!
What a great memoir of a girl growing up in 1953. It's not your typical 50's picture perfect family. Distance, illness and murder keep things interesting. Her autistic brother, Tyler, chews at his arm if he hears loud noises such as crying, loud talking, or laughing. If you had emotions, you had to stifle the sound...or risk Tyler going beserk. This means, the author, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, never really gets to show her true emotions. Crying? What is that? She is also expected to take care of herself as her loving father has his hands tied with Tyler and her mother is too busy working and becoming an ace golfer. That isn't even the whole story. The book also tells the story of a murderer who kills a school mate of the author. Right in the neighborhood. The book, in odd chapters, follows the path of the murderer...basically from birth to his execution. It's fascinating and an amazing view of our judicial system.
The book is also a great portrait of America in the 1950'...more
The book is also a great portrait of America in the 1950'...more
