Care and Feeding: A Memoir
Intimate ... Fundamentally kind and generous ... She is a funny, acerbic and empathetic writer. One of the most refreshing aspects of Care and Feeding is that she doesn’t belabor the point that she was a hot mess ... After sobriety, the book tilts toward Quit Lit. Woolever practices gratitude and prayer. While this arc retroactively casts the hitherto delightfully neutral account of her behavior into a redemption narrative, nothing can rob the book of its deep sense of empathy. She feeds. She cares. And we read and care too.
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An account of a turbulent life ... She tells us more than we need to know about reckless all-nighters fueled by drugs and alcohol, about waking up on the floor, having sex with strangers and sleazy married men ... Has...humor and empathy.
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Though this self-sabotage is undoubtedly part of her story, some readers may find the details of these accounts tedious ... Worthy.
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