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Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
Memories - everyone has them. They're like snapshots stored in that special, secret place in the back of the brain. When resurrected, they create a mosaic of one's life, much like a traditional patchwork quilt. There is that first day walking to school on your own and knowing that Mom is trailing behind in the car to make sure of your safe arrival; the school bully who picks up a name like 'Goat' and somehow attaches it to you, repetitively calling you that loathsome name until you can accept it and wear it as a badge of honor; the moment in the spotlight, when you can show off and shine like a star figure skater, even if it's only at night under that one special streetlight - and much more.
Author Lori Schafer invites the reader to take a trip down Memory Lane as she shares some of her treasured memories in Stories from My Memory-Shelf. She's put together a collage of sorts, an interesting collection of memoirs written in short story, anecdotal fashion. The stories are not necessarily chronological, but then again, when one remembers a special moment, there is no chronological significance to what one remembers and when it is remembered.
The author has also constructed a notebook with some interesting tools to help the would-be memoir writer explore and write their own memoirs. After some of the stories, Lori takes the reader on a journey of how the story progressed, from its first written form, to its first published form, and all the criticism and editing that went on between writing and publishing. She argues constructively about some of the editorial comments and defends the form of the story that she has chosen to use in this book. This is an interesting read, if somewhat convoluted at times as the author deconstructs the process of each story's construction.
