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Cargando... Riding with the Ghost: A Memoirpor Justin Taylor
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"When Justin Taylor was thirty, his father, Larry, drove to the top of an airport parking garage to take his own life. Thanks to the intervention of family members, he was not successful, but the incident would forever transform how Justin thinks of his father, and how he thinks of himself as a son. Moving both backward and forward in time from that day, this book captures the past's power to shape, strengthen, and distort our visions of ourselves and each other. We see Larry as the middle child in a chilly Long Island family; as a beloved Little League coach who listens to kids with patience and curiosity; as an unemployed father struggling to keep his marriage together while battling long-term illness and depression. At the same time, this book explores how the work of confronting a family member's story forces a reckoning with your own. We see Justin as a teacher, modeling himself after his dad's best qualities; as a caregiver, attempting to provide his father with emotional and financial support, but not always succeeding; as a new husband, with a dawning awareness of his own depressive tendencies. With raw intimacy, this book lays bare the joys and burdens of loving a troubled family member. It's a memoir about fathers and sons, teachers and students, faith and illness, and the complicated legacy that each generation hands down to the next"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This memoir by Justin Taylor provided an intriguing look into his own self, his relationship with his father, mental health, and the complex dynamics of family relationships, balancing what one wants versus what they feel obligated towards.
While the book provided some interesting stories and streams of thoughts, it overall felt like a diary entry that I had intrusively stumbled upon. The memoir was formatted to go back and forth between many different times in Taylor's life, whether that be when he was a child, a teenager, an adult, or current day. Sometimes it felt difficult to keep up with, as well as scattered to the point of not quite understanding what tangent was going on and why. While I learned a lot about the author's life, I still felt disconnected to him by the end of the book, not totally knowing what I was supposed to walk away with from his story.
I would have preferred a more structured narrative, rather than a diary-esque format, but overall I applaud the author's vulnerability and honesty with mental health and the brutal honesty of family relationships. ( )