That was before I read the last couple of chapters (spoilers here-don't continue if you think you'll read this book). Talking to a friend on the phone about it (this friend is mentioned in the book), I asked, "Did you *like* this guy?" Wisconsin and his ill treatment at her hands were wearing *very* thin. So I was going to grit my teeth and finish it, even if the author's descriptions of his Daddy issues and his married ex-lover Mrs. There's a lot of funny commentary on the place, several spot-on descriptions of tough training runs and almost every chapter mentions somewhere or someone I know. In this book, well.all of that features prominently.īut it's also about running and qualifying for the Boston Marathon, and it's set in Boulder, where I work. It had so much not going for it: I hate memoirs-the bestselling ones are usually navel-gazing pity parties, often written by privileged people who can afford to take the pity party to Bali or through-hike gorgeous trails while the rest of us work for a living (yes, I'm bitter) I hate divorce and adultery stories-call this a hang-up from my youth if you want and I hate reading the musings of people who refuse to grow up-the male variety, it turns out, is just as annoying as the female. If you had asked me yesterday, I would have told you this was a 2- or a 3-star book.
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