Not for Everyday Use: A Memoir by Elizabeth Nunez
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Novelist Nunez has taken a painful time in her life, the death of her mother, and examined and reflected on it in ways all of us that deal with loss and a changing definition of family can relate to. The fact that her success is in American publishing and academia and her roots in Trinidad only heightens a distance any of can feel on going "back home" or reuniting over the pall of a loved one. Her honest and wide-eyed telling makes this a winner for me, and I really appreciate the reference points to [b:Outliers: The Story of Success|3228917|Outliers The Story of Success|Malcolm Gladwell|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344266315s/3228917.jpg|3364437] by [a:Malcolm Gladwell|1439|Malcolm Gladwell|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1224601838p2/1439.jpg].
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