Helpful Score: 2
This is one of the best books I've ever read. It was recommended to me last year when I suffered a loss. My friend said she read it and it reminded her of me and I can see why. It is brutally honest and beautifully written. The copy I read was from the public library and I was so disappointed I couldn't highlight in it! I will definitely be buying a copy from my own collection. The stories shared in the book are relatable and realistic. I found it comforting, encouraging and inspiring. I'd recommend this book for any woman who has had a rough patch in life yet is grateful and hopeful. I am not a parent but I can see how the author's writing would be especially appealing to mothers. This is an all around wonderful book.
R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed on + 1453 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is an entertaining read about a young woman who was an alcoholic, drug addict, bulimic, jailbird, and an all around troubled soul. The woman is the author. She discussed her life experiences both past and recent. I laughed when I read many of her tales. Among them were those about cooking (she couldn't), laundry (washing yes but drying clothing a week later and wondering why the clothes smelled funny?) and interactions with her ever-understanding husband (read the book for those). I empathized with her when they tried to adopt a child. Each time her past caught up with her. Because of that past, their applications would get all the way to the last step and be denied both in the US and in other countries.
The author tells readers all about her life, both the good and the bad. No, I haven't read her blog but many readers do. She assures us it's ok to be normal. To want to be alone - away from one's child, being a parent and a wife are sometimes hard. One just needs to get through those times and move on. dren, husband and friends. And, it's all right to revel in those special times with them. For women dealing with seeminly unsolvable life problems, I think this book might be comforting, encouraging and inspiring.
It's a brutally honest read about how an individual can recover and resume a more normal life. When the author became pregnant she just quit drinking, doing drugs and barfing up food. She found and sought help from others. Knowing each day would be a struggle, she persevered until life became better and she found herself living far differently. Living is sometimes hard, being a parent and a wife are sometimes hard. One just needs to get through those times and move on.
The author tells readers all about her life, both the good and the bad. No, I haven't read her blog but many readers do. She assures us it's ok to be normal. To want to be alone - away from one's child, being a parent and a wife are sometimes hard. One just needs to get through those times and move on. dren, husband and friends. And, it's all right to revel in those special times with them. For women dealing with seeminly unsolvable life problems, I think this book might be comforting, encouraging and inspiring.
It's a brutally honest read about how an individual can recover and resume a more normal life. When the author became pregnant she just quit drinking, doing drugs and barfing up food. She found and sought help from others. Knowing each day would be a struggle, she persevered until life became better and she found herself living far differently. Living is sometimes hard, being a parent and a wife are sometimes hard. One just needs to get through those times and move on.
Laura P. (hemmputnam) reviewed Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed on + 1158 more book reviews
Full of heart and hope and love and life, this one made me both laugh and cry almost every time I picked it up. Covering lots of mom ground from the library to Target, from miracles to grief, from peace in the midst of distractions and annoyances to just showing up making a difference I really can't recommend this one enough. "Maybe the fact that parenting is so hard means she IS doing it right, in her own way, and she happens to be honest."
