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Author:
Mary Laura Philpott
Publisher:
Atria Books
Date:
April 12, 2022
A memoir that tackles the big questions of life, death, and existential fear with humor and hope.
What The Reviewers Say
I was triggered. I was struck to my core — all kinds of overripe feelings and neglected memories shook loose — by Mary Laura Philpott, or more precisely, by her new masterwork, Bomb Shelter.
With Bomb Shelter, billed as a memoir in essays, Philpott brings us a beautifully wrought ode to life.
Philpott’s greatest gift as a writer is her ability to tell a story as if she is simply sharing the events of her day with a friend. A master of the timely digression, she is as skilled at handling painful subjects as she is offering hilarious glimpses inside her life and mind, and she often intersperses the two with great effect.
Philpott’s latest is a memoir of beautifully written, loosely linked essays in which she frankly and often humorously details the pitfalls of her anxiety.
