Porochista Khakpour
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Verk av Porochista Khakpour
The Blind Owl 4 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1978
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Land (för karta)
- USA
- Födelseort
- Tehran, Iran
- Bostadsorter
- California, USA
New York, New York, USA
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Statistik
- Verk
- 7
- Även av
- 9
- Medlemmar
- 500
- Popularitet
- #49,493
- Betyg
- 3.6
- Recensioner
- 16
- ISBN
- 26
- Språk
- 2
This is supposedly a book about Lyme disease... The author seemed more interested in talking about racism, her drug addiction, her many romantic partners, and moving constantly all over the country. It was hard to follow what happened when, in what city, what boyfriend she was currently dating, etc. Parts of the book were repetitive.
I normally can walk away with something of value when reading memoirs, especially about chronic illness (since I suffer from it, too), but this just didn't contain enough about her actual illness (symptoms, a coherent timeline) to be helpful.
My personality must be very different from Khakpour's, and it's hard not to judge someone who made so many decisions that seemed so obviously bad to me. The way she jumped from relationship to relationship, always mentioning that this person was going to be the one that would help her to heal, was especially sad to me. I am so incredibly thankful that as a Christian, I can turn to God for my emotional and physical help and don't have to rely on finite human beings who will always fail!
Note: There is some profanity, and mentions of illegal drug use/addiction.… (mer)