FINDING JOSIE BY WENDY BILEN takes the reader (and Wendy Bilen) back to the life of her grandmother Josie Broadhead. Most of us have had or still have grandmothers like Josie. From the first page I not only got to know about Josie, but it brought back all the memories of my grandmother who like Josie was born and raised on a farm. Josie, her life, her love & her passion of writing and taking in the strays of the world that just happened to stop at her house to ask for a handout or a bed.
Its not very often that I find a biography that can hold my interest page after page. Wendy Bilen did just that with FINDING JOSIE. The author ( and Josie's granddaughter) did a fantastic job of bringing Josie back to life in this book. I kept wanting to know more about Josie & her family. About how Josie herself found a passion in writing even though it was not perfect enough for publication, just perfect for Josie though. FINDING JOSIE BY WENDY BILEN is that rare biography that does not bloviate the subject nor make them larger than life. FINDING JOSIE is about a real woman who, not famous, was the perfect subject for a biography, a normal woman. Who better than a real, average, American woman to be a person who's life story must be shared by all.
I recieved this book free in exchange for an honest review.
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