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Monica Holloway

Auteur van Driving with Dead People: A Memoir

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Werken van Monica Holloway

Driving with Dead People: A Memoir (2007) 536 exemplaren
Cowboy & Wills: A Love Story (2009) 98 exemplaren
In Viaggio Con I Morti (2009) 1 exemplaar

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Gangbare naam
Holloway, Monica
Officiële naam
Holloway, Monica
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Woonplaatsen
Los Angeles, California, USA
Beroepen
actress
writer
Organisaties
Official Spokesperson for Autism Speaks, Partnership with National Center for Family Literacy
Agent
Laurie Fox (Linda Chester Agency)
Korte biografie
Monica Holloway is the critically acclaimed author of the memoir Driving With Dead People, described by Newsweek as "unforgettable." Glamour christened this work "a classic," and the Washington Post deemed it "irresistible." She also contributed to the anthology Mommy Wars.
Monica's new bestselling memoir is Cowboy & Wills and through its success, she has become a noted advocate for autism research, and serves as an official spokesperson for Autism Speaks. Cowboy & Wills has officially partnered with the National Center for Family Literacy, raising awareness and participation for the issue, about which she cares deeply as a mother and author.
Holloway lives in Los Angeles with her family and two golden retrievers, a hamster, four hermit crabs, three dumpy frogs, two rabbits and six neon tetras.

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I just finished reading Monica Holloway’s first memoir, Driving with Dead People, and I’ve been sitting here for fifteen minutes trying to figure out how to write about the book without including any spoilers.

Not an easy task with this book since the last chapters hit me hard.

Near the end of the book, I wondered how I missed it all. On reflection, I guess it’s because the book is that well-written.

You’re going to love this one as the narrator’s voice is engaging, but if you don’t like to read dark memoirs, then it might take a frightening turn for you. If you venture on, you find that your journey has value, and that Holloway is courageous.

Holloway tells the story of her childhood, growing up in the midwest. Her father is cruel, and at first her mother seems as much a victim as the four children. Then Holloway’s mother goes to college and gets the courage to leave her husband. Emotionally, she turns her back on her children as surely as if she had completely abandoned them.

Her obsession with death and dead people keeps Holloway going throughout these years. Her best friend’s father owns a funeral parlor, and she gets a job driving dead bodies for him. She haunts the graveyard.

Additionally, the passion (different from obsession) that gets Holloway through it all is her love of and talent for acting. She eventually earns an MFA in theatre from the University of California, San Diego. She builds a life far from her Ohio roots.

But the path is not without great difficulty. The family has been destroyed by the behavior of the parents. Her closest sibling, the oldest sister, has been particularly damaged. But so has Holloway herself, and it’s only at the very end of the book that she discovers just how much.
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LuanneCastle | 24 andere besprekingen | Mar 5, 2022 |
Nice, but not earth shattering.
 
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ShanLand | 24 andere besprekingen | Feb 28, 2022 |
A great read- but awfully tragic, sad and haunting. Monica speaks from her younger self- with the innocence of a child she explains growing up in an extremely dysfunctional family; her mother in denial and father is a pageful, alcoholic pedophile
 
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camplakejewel | 24 andere besprekingen | Sep 20, 2017 |
I was hoping this would be more about a woman who grew up in a funeral home. I also expected it to be funny. I was disappointed. It was an good read, but overall, it was unremarkable. When I think about all the other amazing memoirs out there that I have read, this book does not even compete in the same league. It seems like everyone is writing a memoir these days.
 
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RojaHorchata | 24 andere besprekingen | Jul 11, 2016 |

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Werken
3
Ook door
1
Leden
635
Populariteit
#39,694
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
30
ISBNs
14
Talen
1

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