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I have to admit that when I first started this book, I had to put it down. I knew it would be sad, and I wasn't in the right mindset the first time around.

But when I picked it up a few months later, I easily became completely engrossed in Jennifer's story. I was afraid of reading about her losing her mother (which is the premise, I'm not giving anything away if you haven't read this yet) but what I found as the story unfolded is that being in the room with her sick mother might actually have been the only safe place for her.

My husband asked, "why do you read books like this? Where's the redemption?" I first I chalked his question up to the stereotypical differing interests between men and women...but in thinking about it I'm drawn to authors who write with a raw voice, who depict their experience completely, without fear of the uncomfortable or outright awful things they have been through. Lauck uses her childhood voice and remains true to it throughout. She digs deeper and deeper into the person she was, and dares to share her with us all. Congratulations to her, I can't imagine what the experience of writing this book has been for her.


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Blackbird A Childhood Lost and Found Jennifer Lauck 9780671042561 Books Reviews

_Blackbird_ ended like a t.v. series that has its last show of the season end with a real kicker but doesn't tell you how it's resolved until the next t.v. season.

I found parts of the book unbelievable, literally. I doubt that some of what is described, such as when an 8-year-old puts together a whole bedroom set all by herself or when a 10-year-old moves a whole bedroom set by herself, really happened exactly the way she said they did. I also am doubtful that she could have gone to school without someone in authority knowing of her predicament, especially when she skipped school when she lived in the "big house" in L.A. And she never explained how it was possible for a little kid to live completely on her own without *someone* questioning it. She makes L.A. sound like a big, strange place, which I'm sure it was for her because even I think it is. (I live 2 hours from there.) But L.A. is still America, and they have to follow the same rules that everyone else does, such as no skipping school and abiding by the child labor laws.

I think I read somewhere that the sequel to this book is more doom and gloom about her terrible life with an aunt and uncle. I hope it also describes how she got her life out of the mess and doesn't just end with misery.
I enjoyed the book, read it soon as I got it. I had received the second book and didn't want to read it till I read the first. I read it nonstop and then read the second book the next day. It is written very nice,follows smoothly and keeps you hanging on every word, and you just can't stop because you have to know what is happening every second of her life. It all seems alittle unreal, who could have such a life?? But then I look to my life and no would believe what I've been through either. It is a great book, would like to get my children to read it.
It was a very inspirational story. Makes you feel angry and sad all at the same time. I would highly recommend this book.
I know that I really like a book when it gets completely under my skin and I can't stop thinking about it when I'm not reading. This book did that for me! I had to google the author to confirm that it was indeed a memoir. It was hard to believe that someone could live through so much pain. The story is eloquently told and the voice of Jennifer as a younger child is believable and not too cutesy. It's very well done. I was moved by her story and look forward to reading her other books.
compelling memoir that served as a model for how to couch my own memoir language, told from the perspective of a young child caught in events she cannot comprehend fully nor control
Loved the writing, from a child's mind with an adult perspective. I actually came across this by accident as I was searching for the play in NYC with Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels, also Blackbird. Anyway delighted to have become acquainted. I love the way Jennifer Lauck writes, as if she is a child. If only I could articulate my feelings at that age.
I've read 3 of Jennifer Lauck's 4 memoirs, and I've loved all of them. They are as raw and truthful as memoirs can be. Jennifer pulls us along through her past, making us feel every emotion tjat she felt along the way.

I came across some controversy regarding the authenticity her books (http//www.salon.com/2001/12/12/lauck_2/), but have decided to believe that some people from Jennifer's past became defensive out of guilt.

I highly recommend Jennifer Lauck's memoir "series."
I have to admit that when I first started this book, I had to put it down. I knew it would be sad, and I wasn't in the right mindset the first time around.

But when I picked it up a few months later, I easily became completely engrossed in Jennifer's story. I was afraid of reading about her losing her mother (which is the premise, I'm not giving anything away if you haven't read this yet) but what I found as the story unfolded is that being in the room with her sick mother might actually have been the only safe place for her.

My husband asked, "why do you read books like this? Where's the redemption?" I first I chalked his question up to the stereotypical differing interests between men and women...but in thinking about it I'm drawn to authors who write with a raw voice, who depict their experience completely, without fear of the uncomfortable or outright awful things they have been through. Lauck uses her childhood voice and remains true to it throughout. She digs deeper and deeper into the person she was, and dares to share her with us all. Congratulations to her, I can't imagine what the experience of writing this book has been for her.