Library Journal09/15/2014
Sheehy's newest title alludes to her series of best-selling psychology books (Passages; Passages in Caregiving), however, as a memoir, it departs from the others by recalling some of the major turning points of the author's life. An award-winning journalist and pioneer of the New Journalism school of reportage, Sheehy catalogs many fascinating moments from her long career, including interviews with Bobby Kennedy, a brush with death on Ireland's "Bloody Sunday," and an undercover investigation of New York City's prostitution ring during the early 1970s. Perhaps because Sheehy is such a reporter at heart, she struggles with the memoir form. There is plenty of "remembered self" (i.e., a detailed, chronological record of her life) but a surprising lack of "remembering self," or interplay between the two, that would craft this record into a forceful, narrative-driven story.
