Bookends

Author: Zibby Owens
Genre: Memoir
Publisher: Amazon Publishing, 2022
Pages: 300
Rating: Recommend

Synopsis: Zibby Owens has become a well-known personality in the publishing world. Her infectious energy, tasteful authenticity, and smart, steadfast support of authors started in childhood, a precedent set by the profound effect books and libraries had on her own family.

But after losing her closest friend on 9/11 and later becoming utterly stressed out and overwhelmed by motherhood, Zibby was forgetting what made her her. She turned to books and writing for help.

Just when things seemed particularly bleak, Zibby unexpectedly fell in love with a tennis pro turned movie producer who showed her the path to happiness: away from type-A perfectionism and toward letting things unfold organically. What unfolded was a meaningful career, a great love, and finally, her voice, now heard by millions of listeners.

Review: This was a book club selection, and since I don't generally enjoy "bookish" books, I put off reading it. However, I needed one more book to round out my month of reading so I decided to give it a try. 

This is a really good memoir, and the author knows how to write and set the pace for a story. I feel like book title dropping was a gimmick since there's no real tie-in with any of the books to what was going on in her life at the time. However, I ended up just ignoring those drops and stuck to the story. 

Beyond question, Owens has led a life of high highs and low lows, and I'm grateful she has shared her story with the world.