Memoir is my preferred choice reading and by the comments of reviewers on the cover: "A rich, fierce memoir; Überseering unsentimental book; funny plainspoken, heartfelt, and you do not want this book to end," I eagerly Looked forward to something special. HOWEVER, I was never engaged by the author's voice. It Seemed flat, frequentlyalluding to bits and pieces of suggested experiences Which were not fleshed out before the author what Onto Something Else Equally elusive .. Another theme which all the famous poets and writers who had as if by magic taken her under Their wings and helped her with her writing. I did not get any sense of her inner struggles or search for identity or anything That I could identify with. Her main struggles Seemed to be with men, but again, It was presented as a vague struggle with various men at various times. Indeed, I was astounded at all the lovers she managed to attract. A reviewer, "Books Ireland" promised "sexual frankness That is startlingly honest ..." Granted, I could not finish the book Because I was so disengaged, but I did not find anything That was not stale news about male female relationships ,