This was RIT’s choice for If All of RIT Read the Same Book… 2006. It is a neat little project they do every year which is very fun. It will be one of the things I will miss doing each year at RIT, especially being the only student to attend all three years running, but hopefully Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon will have something similar (the project If All of Enter_City_Name_Here was started in Seattle in ’96 so it is entirely possible).

Either way, the book is good, and the longer I remain away from it, reflecting back on it, the more I like it. While the writing is not my favorite, the detail she captures and the neutrality of her tone are really quite impressive. Considering the issues she deals with – sexuality, the loss of a sibling, eating disorders, the loss of religion – she maintains the voice of an observer not recalling personal feelings, only stating the facts as she remembers them.

So if you like personal memoir this is a good read and goes pretty quick.

Also I wrote an article for Reporter Magazine and I republished it here