Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

Couldn't make it to finish as it was sooo boring!

It was okay. I had expected a little better based on the reviews I'd read from other readers. It was just okay

A superbly rendered memoir, Wild Game is an insightful, candid examination of the author's particularly strange journey from late childhood into womanhood. Raised in the privileged world of the affluent Northeastern class of large homes, summer retreats, and an Ivy League education, the author digs deep into her relationship with her myopically self-centered mother. Of course, this sort superbly rendered memoir, Wild Game is an insightful, candid examination of the author's particularly strange journey from late childhood into womanhood. Raised in the privileged world of the affluent Northeastern class of large homes, summer retreats, and an Ivy League education, the author digs deep into her relationship with her myopically self-centered mother. Right at the start, there commences a passionate, romantic affair between her mother and her husband's (the author's stepfather) best friend, leading the mother to co-op her daughter into schemes to protect the affair at essentially all costs--to family, friends, relationships, and normal behavior. Of course, this sort of betrayal story is all fairly dramatic, filled with conflict and tortured decisions; and unlike fiction, the resolutions do not play out neatly or predictably. The author's honesty and power of self-appraising reflections offer the reader a solid and reliable place to manage the story's details and its twists and turns. Though Wild Gam of betrayal story is all fairly dramatic, filled with conflict and tortured decisions; and unlike fiction, the resolutions do not play out neatly or predictably. The author's honesty and power of self-appraising reflections offer the reader a solid and reliable place to manage the story's details and its twists and turns.

If you are a looking for nonfiction that reads like fiction, look no further! As a fair weather nonfiction reader myself (although I’ve definitely upped my game lately) I’m always looking for pace and intrigue with my nonfiction and Wild Game is just that. This memoir has family drama in spades, but consider this a trigger warning if infidelity bothers you. This was one of the rare memoirs I could read about a privileged white family that didn’t make me cringe. And bonus: foodies will LOVE the descriptions of certain dishes and meals in Wild Game. Also, I can’t say for sure but I found out the audiobook is narrated by Julie Whelan, my very favorite narrator so I have to imagine that is amazing as well!