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Thicker than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington

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emotional reflective medium-paced

3.25

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

I picked this up upon learning that Kerry Washington, like me, learned as an adult that she was donor-conceived. It is a memoir that is not about that and completely focused on it—what is helpful to another writer is how she reflects on and illustrates a rippling sense of unease and tension she has felt throughout her life but never understood. The construction and choices she makes are informative and helpful in understanding craft choices, though I feel a super fan of her acting would appreciate the in between a lot more.

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emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

When life imitates art. This is a very honest memoir and while I would have loved more about her thoughts on motherhood, marriage, etc. I respect her choice to keep certain things private.

I looked at some of the 1 & 2 star reviews. It is amusing that the complaints tend to be about her not sharing enough/expanding on some of the surprises she dropped, or that it was too much about her parents. To this I say, everyone (even famous people) have a right to privacy and the people who raised us (the good and the bad) affect who we are. Who we become.

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

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misshrider's review against another edition

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medium-paced

2.5

The chapters are like umbrellas in the fact that there are a bunch of small stories that all have the same theme within a chapter. Personally, I got confused a little bit because it would be talking about one thing, then start a completely different story that happened years prior.

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

This is definitely a fascinating look into Kerry Washington’s life and I think it’s definitely a great book for anyone who feels out of place and their family unit and trying to find themselves. Particularly anyone who’s been through foster care or is just in a search for their biological parents. For me it was very focused on that and I was looking for something that talks a little bit more about Kerry Washington the activist actor as supposed to Kerry Washingtons paternity questions.

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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