I would like to introduce you to this book. It has no plot. It is about moments, memories, fragments, falsehoods, and fantasies. It is about things that happened, which caused other things to happen, so that eventually stories emerged.
~ Lois Lowry
I did not know what to expect. I'll say this: the quote above is exactly right, yet the book is so much more. Each chapter, or vignette, or memory, or whatever the chapter entails includes at least one (and often more) black and white photo from Lowry's past. The photos are beautiful, as are the thoughts that go with them.
It's a somewhat random, yet completely logical gathering of events and memories that helped to shape her life and her writing.
It took me only a couple of hours to read. I just now glanced at the spine of the book, and it's categorized by the library system as Juvenile Biography. Yes, younger people would read and enjoy this. However, I think a certain maturity in life leads to a greater appreciation. I finished the book about 5 days ago, and it's still resting in my brain, not ready to go away quite yet.
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