I Miss You When I Blink Review

I miss you when i blink is a collection of memoir style essays.

Like with any collection of short stories or essays i connected with some more than others. Expecting that if she followed all the rules. After all the first 30 pages of her new memoir i miss you when i blink detail her neuroses about wanting everything to be perfect her insatiable desire and quest for success and a. This isn t a supposedly adorable memoir from the kids say the.

I found philpott s writing witty and approachable and she had so many accurate descriptions of life as a middle aged white mother who is balancing career family and the forever pull of wondering if what we have done with our time has been worthwhile. 6 2019 kirkus reviews issue. I miss you when i blink by mary laura philpott murdoch books april 2019 i miss you when i blink is basically a couple of dozen hilarious and insightful anecdotes about relatively ordinary life all strung together in roughly chronological order.