Her Last Death
A Memoir

I should have put this down after the first few pages. I felt an absolute kick to the gut that can only be explained by deep understanding. Ms Sonnenberg could have been writing about my life, my feelings and my mother. My mother, while not a drug addict or as overtly promiscious, rivals Daphne in he......more

In HER LAST DEATH, Susanna Sonnenberg achieves what I believe the very best memoirs can accomplish. She paints a vivid, living picture, not just of a life but of her relationship with her manic but unbalanced mother, and she does so with prejudice and personal perspective. Memoir is not autobiograph......more

I read several different books at the same time, alternating back and forth through the day and the week depending on my mood. I picked up Her Last Death and didn't pick up another book (even ones I had been happily reading the day before) until I finished it. I've read a lot of memoirs and sometime......more

Children who were raised in poverty, in abuse, in neglect, in terror but made it out can often be lumped into large groups: -- They hide their past from themselves and from others. They say it has no bearing on who they are now. -- They broadcast their past, one-upping the upbringings of those around......more

I liked this book when it talked of her childhood. The book is about the author's relationship with a mother that has obvious mental problems. Somehow it seems they have a lot of money, although it is not revealed to us how she got this money, and she is continuously meeting famous people, although......more