tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post2674244764648321204..comments2024-03-01T03:24:19.577-05:00Comments on Chick with Books: Memoir Monday... A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol OatesSuzanne Yesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00340451897624838384noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-29462734537622218612011-01-03T23:50:35.382-05:002011-01-03T23:50:35.382-05:00This sounds like a beautiful memoir. I'll defi...This sounds like a beautiful memoir. I'll definitely keep my eye out for it.Bellehttp://msbookish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-86324548006225330942011-01-03T12:37:29.693-05:002011-01-03T12:37:29.693-05:00Oates is a master. And if you are writing or readi...Oates is a master. And if you are writing or reading memoir - she (and also Abigail Thomas, A Three Dog Life) is a marvelous teller of true tales that resonate so beautifully. <br /><br />Memoir is about the writer's experience, but it only connects with the reader when there is shared emotion; when the writer and reader find themselves sharing the same human condition. <br /><br />Oates does this with great skill!<br /><br />David W. Berner<br />Author, Accidental LessonsDavid W. Bernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032217219609798142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-80931005857061812852011-01-03T09:58:10.780-05:002011-01-03T09:58:10.780-05:00Hi Pam,
Reading this (and I am still reading it...Hi Pam,<br /> Reading this (and I am still reading it) has made me wonder why I never read anything else by her. I am definitely going to read more of her, her writing is wonderful.Suzanne Yesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340451897624838384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-27919767554415394982011-01-03T08:42:16.171-05:002011-01-03T08:42:16.171-05:00Oh wow, like you I have always heard/seen her name...Oh wow, like you I have always heard/seen her name but have never actually read anything by JCO. Glad you enjoyed this. I think one of my 2011 goals is to read at LEAST one book by Oats.Pam (@iwriteinbooks)http://www.iwritinbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com