An Unreliable Memoir
By Marina Warner
A beautifully-written collection of memories and research-based understandings that tell the story of the author's parents. They met in Italy, where her mother was born, and where her father served during WWII. They lived in England, Egypt, and other countries in between, but the story mostly focuses on the early years of their marriage and the authors early childhood, the latter was mostly in Egypt. It uses little objects from the time that bring up memories, words that describe relevant objects but also serve as allegories to states of mind, personal changes, and more. [non-fiction, 417pp.]
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