Sean Madigan Hoen

Loosely called a memoir, Hoen seems unable, in my opinion, to dig deep enough to really tell all that much about himself and his family during the time addressed in this book. He even goes so far as to mention some episode that happened to his sister, then says that she asked him never to talk about it. He goes on to say that he never has and never will. Why include something like this?
I understand that these were difficult times, and I hope that this was a cathartic experience for the author, but rewarding reading? Not really to me.… (more)