Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
Ratings6
Average rating3.7
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Ratings6
Average rating3.7
On a hot July night on Cape Cod, at the age of 14, Brodeur became a confidante to her mother's affair with her husband's closest friend. Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help, but when the affair had calamitous consequences for everyone involved, Brodeau was driven into a precarious marriage of her own, and then into a deep depression. In her memoir she examines how the people close to us can break our hearts simply because they have access to them, and the lies we tell in order to justify the choices we make. -- adapted from jacket
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The easiest to read book I've probably ever come across, but the kind of story you might hear from a coworker or friend and be interested by, though probably not for the length of an entire book. A lot of the revelations the author makes at the end of the book are great, but I wish they were sprinkled more throughout.
I felt conflicted the entire time reading this book. In a way I can relate to Adrienne with regards to having a narcissistic and selfish parent that loves herself exponentially more than she loves her children. On the other hand, coming from a home-life where my parents are together, I can't imagine vying for a parent's love so desperately that I would help them have an affair. I think Adrienne did a great job with not making herself out to be a complete victim, but also you can't be that upset with her role in her mother's affair. Margot is my favorite. I love that she loves books and cats because same. I prefer when non-fiction that reads like fiction, and that describes this book accurately. I am sad that the Wild Game cook book never came about. I wish the author would have finished it up and had it published or added some of the recipes to accompany this book. Not that I would be able to make any of the recipes because I don't eat meat, but still. It would have been cool to see it come together at the end. I also scoured Adrienne Brodeur's ig feed to try to glimpse the necklace and couldn't find it. I wonder if she still has it...
