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The Glass Castle

Now that is an example of an unconventional life. I read this book voraciously. Quick and easy to follow. And you get curious about what comes next and keep reading until you get there. She does start the book with a quite puzzling paragraph. It makes you wonder how she found herself in that situation and you will only get that clarified near the end of the book. As I said it is easy to read. The language flows naturally. The author gives some details but enough to keep you interested and not too much to make you bored or sleepy. The amazing story of her life as she remembers it, it is heartbreaking and very sad. Several times I couldn't believe that any parents would treat children like that. But around the same time I was reading it, it came up on the news the story of the couple who had thirteen human beings , some children, and some not so children, living chained to the beds and with little food or care for so many years in California. Associating that real life story wi

The Female Brain

I have finished this book a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was an interesting reading, at first because of the title. I was curious what would the author, Louann Brizendine, have to say about it. I ended up pleasantly surprised by the subject and the way she presented it. She is a doctor and brings some technical information along the chapters. This fact may be not so interesting for non medical readers, but the whole idea behind on how women brains work and what are the differences between male and female brains are very worthwhile. It is enlightening, to say the least. It really opens up your mind and helps you to understand what goes on with all the hormones in a woman's life and how it can affect her and others. I was able to see great parallels, real life experience. It took me a while to pass through the first chapters. A few days. And I have some medical background. I am not sure if the reason was some technical complexity or just my mind was in another world. I was