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Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle
259 pages
What’s it about?
So I left my book on the nightstand in a hotel and could not face a plane ride without a book. I picked this one up off the wall in the airport newsstand. It was memoir so I thought why not.... This memoir is written by a woman who decides to confront her deep unhappiness and make major changes in her life.
What did it make me think about?
This book confronts the fact that many of us women have deeply ingrained beliefs about ourselves and our roles as women. These beliefs affect our relationships as friends, lovers, and even as parents. I often found myself reading a paragraph over again to really absorb what was being said. One of Ms. Doyle’s many nuggets of wisdom,
“I tell them that we can choose to be perfect and admired, or to be real and loved.”
Should I read it?
When I first started reading I did not think I was going to be able to relate to Glennon Doyle at all. By the grace of God, I am not bulimic or an alcoholic. As I kept reading though I discovered that this book is for all women who are looking for more depth in their lives. No one gets through this life without pain- and how we view and handle that pain is significant. Glennon Doyle manages to handle all this dark subject matter with humor and perspective.
“She is not wearing makeup, and this leads me to conclude that we are kindred spirits, which is odd, since I am wearing four pounds of makeup. I think of myself as a woman who does not need or care for makeup but just hasn’t gotten started with that yet.”
This memoir is certainly thought provoking- and isn’t that why we read?
Quote-
“The bravest people I know are those who’ve walked through the fire and come out on the other side. They are those who’ve overcome, not those who’ve had nothing to overcome. Maybe my job as Amma’s mother is not to protect her from pain, but to hold her hand and walk into it with her.”
If you like this try-
Accidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Being Mortal by Atul Gwande
Hillbilly Elegy bt J.D. Vance
Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle
259 pages
What’s it about?
So I left my book on the nightstand in a hotel and could not face a plane ride without a book. I picked this one up off the wall in the airport newsstand. It was memoir so I thought why not.... This memoir is written by a woman who decides to confront her deep unhappiness and make major changes in her life.
What did it make me think about?
This book confronts the fact that many of us women have deeply ingrained beliefs about ourselves and our roles as women. These beliefs affect our relationships as friends, lovers, and even as parents. I often found myself reading a paragraph over again to really absorb what was being said. One of Ms. Doyle’s many nuggets of wisdom,
“I tell them that we can choose to be perfect and admired, or to be real and loved.”
Should I read it?
When I first started reading I did not think I was going to be able to relate to Glennon Doyle at all. By the grace of God, I am not bulimic or an alcoholic. As I kept reading though I discovered that this book is for all women who are looking for more depth in their lives. No one gets through this life without pain- and how we view and handle that pain is significant. Glennon Doyle manages to handle all this dark subject matter with humor and perspective.
“She is not wearing makeup, and this leads me to conclude that we are kindred spirits, which is odd, since I am wearing four pounds of makeup. I think of myself as a woman who does not need or care for makeup but just hasn’t gotten started with that yet.”
This memoir is certainly thought provoking- and isn’t that why we read?
Quote-
“The bravest people I know are those who’ve walked through the fire and come out on the other side. They are those who’ve overcome, not those who’ve had nothing to overcome. Maybe my job as Amma’s mother is not to protect her from pain, but to hold her hand and walk into it with her.”
If you like this try-
Accidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Being Mortal by Atul Gwande
Hillbilly Elegy bt J.D. Vance
My review isn't entirely about just this book. I read her first book, [b:Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed|15802944|Carry On, Warrior Thoughts on Life Unarmed|Glennon Doyle Melton|https:images.gr-assets.com/books/1359054516s/15802944.jpg|21526100] first. That one shows her sense of humor more than this one, and based on that one I know I like her and appreciate her take on things. This second book is a better memoir, with a better chronology, story, and better writing. However, if you haven't read the first one like I did, you might think she takes herself a bit too seriously. Having read both, I think the tone of this one is more serious both because she's facing a significant crisis but also because she's revealing a lot more intimate detail about both her and her husband. I think this one is a better memoir, but the other one shows more of the real her, or at least in combination with this one shows more of the real her.
One strange thing is that because of her public nature, everyone knows more about the status of her relationship than this book actually reveals by the end.
One strange thing is that because of her public nature, everyone knows more about the status of her relationship than this book actually reveals by the end.
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