A review by megan_jessop
The Ghosts Who Travel with Me: A Literary Pilgrimage Through Brautigan's America by Allison Green

4.0

Green has a very strong voice for this type of book, the memoir style writing that takes readers on a journey of traveling with the author back to her childhood home while also following the road of Richard Brautigan. I appreciated the history of the author as she reflected on growing up in rural Idaho as a queer feminist and how different her life was compared to the rest of her family and reconciling that with her current life. I really loved the thread of Brautigan's history and his work throughout Green's story and the parallels and comparison's she expressed as well. Green's writing style is clear, direct, reflective, and even nostalgic. I loved her story overall and being able to learn about her experiences in a time when things were less accepted than they are today and how she found strength in her own identity through the literature. I feel as though I would have had a much deeper appreciation of the book if I was more familiar with Brautigan's work. As it is, I felt like the book was still very strong on it's own, even without that knowledge.