Liza Campbell

I can't make myself care about this story. In fact, it's not really a story, but a collection of individual experiences -- almost a diary. The book is not really about the author. The hidden story here is really about her father. As her memoir, that is a let-down. She recounts events of her childhood primarily in relation to her father without ever explaining how those events swayed her as a person. Maybe I will come back, maybe I won't. :S...

Oh, one other thing. The obvious overuse of a thesaurus and usage of words that don't match the writing style is an annoyance!… (meer)

A devastatingly funny portrait of one aristocratic family in modern Britain by the last child to be born at Cawdor Castle, Scotland. Its dark humor was also the one uncomfortable aspect of the book for me, as Campbell savaged her parents in the telling of her story--not that they didn't deserve it--but as the family story isn't one of real abuse, it seemed unnecessarily cruel. It certainly should be read by anyone planning to visit Cawdor, as it is of inestimable value in interpreting those "family" photographs in the castle.… (meer)