Comments on: Books on Screen: The Soloist http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/1315/the-soloist/ Book reviews for children and adults Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:13:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jennifer, Snapshot http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/1315/the-soloist/comment-page-1/#comment-118871 Jennifer, Snapshot Thu, 28 May 2009 13:03:39 +0000 http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/?p=1315#comment-118871 Great review! I enjoy this type of memoir/profile combo -- where the author sort gets involved in the story. I actually bought one of those 3.99 copies. I couldn't resist that!! A friend of mine read it, and said it was similar in that way to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547203888?ie=UTF8&tag=jenniferssnap-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0547203888" rel="nofollow">Beautiful Boy</a> (which she and I both read) -- because the father is a journalist and he's profiling his son's addiction, but he's obviously involved in the story -- as a father. Great review! I enjoy this type of memoir/profile combo — where the author sort gets involved in the story. I actually bought one of those 3.99 copies. I couldn’t resist that!!

A friend of mine read it, and said it was similar in that way to Beautiful Boy (which she and I both read) — because the father is a journalist and he’s profiling his son’s addiction, but he’s obviously involved in the story — as a father.

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