6/27/2023 0 Comments Woman on the edge of timeHe crafts the details using the distance necessary for him to stay passionate and purposeful as the memoir’s narrator and main character. Pancras Chronicle of North London in December 1965 when the author was four years old. In the opening pages of the book, we learn the facts of Hannah Gavron’s death as they were reported in the Camden & St. Here Gavron’s major achievement is insightfully delivering this literal “story of his life” with the intrigue, if not pace, of a thriller. Of all the stories we hear in our lifetime, with all their imperfections, those that become required reading reward us with the gift of insight. Gavron may have written a personal inquiry into what he describes as “the hardest human act to understand,” but by presenting his findings with great openness he allows readers to recognize themselves in his book. A Woman on the Edge of Time succeeds at being generous and skillfully constructed-“part fairy tale, part detective story, magic and ordinary at the same time”-by virtue of the author’s meticulous and persistent research. As if writing a family memoir for public consumption isn’t difficult enough, Jeremy Gavron takes on an even higher challenge: to capture the life force of a mother he barely knew as he unravels the riveting story of her suicide.
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