Golem Girl

I highly recommend Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer, it is an amazing memoir. About halfway through listening I knew I needed the hardback book to read, look at the art and give as gifts, so I ordered two from my local bookstore. I plan on ordering and giving more copies. While listening/reading the word/image that kept coming to my mind was crystalline/crystal. Riva Lehrer’s writing/story/art/voice is so layered, so beautiful from so many angles and oh so sharp.

This book describes enough life for five people. RIva Lehrer delves deeply into so many aspects and times of her life, it makes me feel like a slacker. The description of her childhood and education alone could be a book, as could her relationship with her parents, especially her mother. From there we go on to her many adventures, careers, loves, lovers, mishaps and disasters.. This book often seems to be written in prose. Ms. Lehrer never seems to taker herself too seriously, as evidenced by her chapter titles. She conveys an almost invincible attitude, without being too \’inspirational\’. Life hits her again and again and again and she somehow keeps going. Listening to this is like watching someone climb one mountain only to encounter another a few feet ahead and then another…all which must be traversed just to keep going, in a matter-of-fact-don\’t-feel-sorry-for-me manner. I\’d love to meet her!

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