

All Happy Families
A Memoir
Author: Jeanne McCulloch
Narrator: Gabra Zackman
Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 08/14/2018
Categories: Nonfiction, Family & Relationships
Author: Jeanne McCulloch
Narrator: Gabra Zackman
Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 08/14/2018
Categories: Nonfiction, Family & Relationships
Jeanne McCulloch is a former managing editor of the Paris Review, a former senior editor of Tin House magazine, and the founding editorial director of Tin House Books. She is a founding director of the To- dos Santos Writers Workshop. Her writing has appeared in the Paris Review; Tin House; the New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Vogue; Allure; and the North American Review, among other publications. She lives with her family in New York.
I picked this up at the library and thought the introduction was intriguing. I had not read any reviews and was not familiar author, Jeanne McCulloch, upon whose life this book was based. I started to put the book down several times, but kept trudging along. I found the book extremely depressing and......more
"The Glass Castle meets The Nest", this description to draw people into reading this memoir is not accurate. The only comparable correlation to The Glass Castle is alcoholism. As a child of alcoholics, I understand that alcoholism causes trauma, but the trauma described in All Happy Families is in n......more
"The Glass Castle meets The Nest"? Yes, please! This memoir is centered on the author's wedding at the family enclave in the Hamptons (early 80s) and the drama that unfolds when her father has a stroke from alcohol withdrawal. Of course, it's not really what happened at the wedding, but about everyt......more
During the time of global pandemic, this memoir felt more like escapist fiction. The author is from a very wealthy family (childhood Park Avenue apartment, a summer home called Children at Play next to Grey Gardens (!) in East Hampton, parents who didn't have jobs, a constant team of household staff......more
This book was billed as The Glass Castle meets The Nest. It was not even close! Yes, it is about a wealthy family (The Nest), but it doesn't come close to the dysfunctional family and the ability to rise above one's upbringing so beautifully depicted in The Glass Castle. The only comparison is that......more