She’s so real - she makes me laugh.and cringe at the same time! I’m now a regular follower of Lauren on Twitter. We learn a lot about Lauren through her memoir essays.and if you’re like me.you’re left being a huge fan. There is a fair amount of profanity and explicit sex - so I wouldn’t suggest reading this to your children.īut for MOST ADULTS.who can tolerate a little walk on the dark side in your in reading diet.Įven if not in your own life.readers could easily be blown away by this Lauren’s life! She sure knows how to tell a story and hold our interest. The language and subject matter is raw, thought-provoking- sometimes excruciating harrowing, rigorous, piercing, extremely gut-wrenching, humorous, down right fascinating. Lauren has had life experiences that are shocking, hilarious, incandescent, heartbreaking, brutal, disturbing, cringing, laughable, sultry, and just plain fascinating. Ha.it was no accident that I notice Rachel Maddow was a big fan and following her too. Lauren Hough is INTERESTING AS ALL GET UP!!! SHE SHOULD BE ON TV.SHE HAS A PERSONALITY FOR IT.FOR HER OWN SHOW. I went to Twitter and typed Lauren Hough’s name. That after reading the first two stories: ‘Solitaire’ and ‘The Slide’. I was soooo incredibly engrossed immediately. There are eleven essays ( memoir essays) in the collection This is one of those rare books that will instantly become part of the literary canon and the world of letters will be better for it. What an overwhelming, unforgettable offering Hough has made. And when you come to the breathtaking end, you will know what it means to be entrusted with the beautifully messy truth of a person’s life. The ways she lays herself bare will leave you marveling at the strength it takes to reveal such delicate vulnerabilities. This is a memoir in essays about so many things-growing up in an abusive cult, coming of age as a lesbian in the military, forced out by homophobia, living on the margins as a working class woman and what it’s like to grow into the person you are meant to be. So many moments in this exceptionally crafted essays brought me to tears and before long I would find myself laughing as Hough wielded her razor sharp wit. Lauren Hough’s extraordinary essay collection Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing is as powerful as it is poignant. Each piece is a reckoning: of survival, identity, and how to reclaim one's past when carving out a future. Here, as she sweeps through the underbelly of America-relying on friends, family, and strangers alike-she begins to excavate a new identity even as her past continues to trail her and color her world, relationships, and perceptions of self.Īt once razor-sharp, profoundly brave, and often very, very funny, the essays in Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing interrogate our notions of ecstasy, queerness, and what it means to live freely. She's taken pilgrimages to the sights of her youth, been kept in solitary confinement, dated a lot of women, dabbled in drugs, and eventually found herself as what she always wanted to be: a writer. The cult took her all over the globe-to Germany, Japan, Texas, Ecuador-but it wasn't until her mother finally walked away that Lauren understood she could have a life beyond "The Family."Īlong the way, she's loaded up her car and started over, trading one life for the next. Growing up as a member of the infamous cult The Children of God, Hough had her own self robbed from her. Air Force, a cable guy, a bouncer at a gay club. Searing and extremely personal essays from the heart of working-class America, shot through with the darkest elements the country can manifest-cults, homelessness, and hunger-while discovering light and humor in unexpected corners.Īs an adult, Lauren Hough has had many identities: an airman in the U.S.
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