Appropriately Titled Memoir
Stars: 5/5
Kiese Laymon couldn’t have chosen a better title; this was, indeed, hefty. Although we do not share a similar upbringing or life experience, I felt the torment, laughed at humorous dialogue, and connected with the cultural references used to frame time and space. Laymon struggles to free himself from the emotional baggage that was created from years of tenuous or abusive relationships, addiction, and an unhealthy self-image. This work is his catharsis, his endeavor to alleviate the agony, his pursuit of the answers. Laymon, who writes this memoir to his mother, does so with unclouded memory and brutal honesty.
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