PositiveIndy WeekSmith deftly springboards between memoir and meditations on the nature of possessions ... The challenge in writing memoir is avoiding the \'and then\' trap, a list of events with no sense of causality. But Smith’s use of the essay form allows for meandering and chronological leaps, all while never losing tension. At times she tests us, but the pull always snaps back ... Each chapter is broken into short sections that create an effective bread-crumb method, as readers track Smith’s memories and thoughts ... Recommended for anyone who has lost a parent, for lovers and wranglers of ephemera, for amateur epistemologists, and for incorrigible musers.
