What a fantastic memoir!!! A breathtaking journey through changing relationship between a daughter and her mother. I couldn't put it down. Must have finished it in less than 24 hours from starting to read it. One lesson to take away is to buy a good long term care insurance and make use of it before I think I really need to.
Another excellent book by Sarah Vowell where she makes history interesting. This book tells the story of the American Revolutionary War from the perspective of Marquis de Lafayette. It was very interesting to learn about his backstory, what was going on in France during that time period and French involvement in the American Revolutionary War.
I love Sarah Vowell's writing style. She brings many disparate facts together to make a nice story. This book talks about history of Hawaii and how missionaries from New England took over the country spiritually and how their descendants took it over physically finally annexing it to USA. It is a sad story as the original culture and way of life of native Hawaiian people was destroyed similar to the native Americans on the mainland. Interesting read nonetheless.