A Little Closer to Home: How I Found the Calm After the Storm by Ginger Zee
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Web ID: 13390827Storms Don't Last Forever
I don't watch morning TV so I had never seen Ginger Zee do the weather on Good Morning America. I like memoirs, though, and this one is intense and candid. She is extremely candid, and no topic is off limits. Ginger realizes that she was lucky, for despite all of the trauma in her life, she ultimately wound up with her dream career and a caring husband. I liked her (meteorological) message to readers, especially to other women survivors of trauma: "The storms don't last forever; they can't and they won't. It's not how the atmosphere works and it's not how life works."
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a beautiful memoir
“A Little Closer to Home” is the new memoir by ABC meteorologist Ginger Zee, and I found it entertaining and impressive. To begin with, I didn’t know much about the author because I had not seen her on television. Yet, I could not put it down as soon as I picked up the memoir. I liked how candid the author is about her life experiences dealing with mental health, anorexia, and rape. From her parents’ divorce to her relationship with Pam, the author writes in a matter-of-fact manner where you feel like you are reading the life of a close member. Each chapter deals with a particular story of how the experiences made the author grow and deal with her inner turmoils, which was interesting. What’s also sweet about this memoir is how the author makes the book lighthearted in a few chapters. I loved reading about Camp Hug-A-Lot and her friendship with Liz and Alysha. Similarly, some chapters also made me emotional, like how the author talks about abortion or hides her insecurities behind her smile. Some of the memorable chapters for me in the book were “It Really Doesn’t Matter and Nobody Cares” (which is so true), where the author talks about Renee and Ginger and the pageant experience. Moreover, I did not know about the concept of fire chakra until I read this book. The author touches on subjects that made me connect with the changes I unconsciously made with my life, especially in the chapter about labels and meditation. Similarly, the author also gets personal about her relationship, like Michael and Leo, and her husband, which I thought added a nice touch. Overall, “A Little Closer to Home” is a beautiful memoir that inspires you to look forward to life no matter how challenging it gets.
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Raw, emotional, candid, painfully honest
This is Ginger's follow up book to the bestselling Natural Disaster: I Cover Them. I am One. I really enjoyed reading her story in that book and in a little closer to home, we get a much more in depth look at the life of Ginger Zee. This is raw, emotional, candid, and painfully honest. Ginger puts a real face on the real issues of mental health; Depression and anxiety, anorexia, two suicide attempts, being drugged and raped, bouts with excessive drinking, and the devastating mental side effects that result from an abortion. Her honesty and her strength in working to overcome these issues is impressive! I first came to "know" Ginger Zee as a meteorologist on a local station in her home state of Michigan. She impressed me with her intelligence and her enthusiasm. Her bubbly personality and Sparkling natural beauty didn't hurt her TV presence at all. Fast forward a few years to when she she became the meteorological face of GMA and landed the impressive position of ABC News Chief Meteorologist. This girl had it all… brains, beauty, talent. But Ginger's story serves to show us that that no matter what we see on the surface, we never know what's going on underneath. Her willingness to share her imperfections with the world, to show us all what she has been through (and how far she has come despite it all) is nothing short of bravery. In peeling back the perception of perfection that the public has overlaid on her, by giving a highly recognizable face to the many and varied issues under the umbrella of mental health, Ginger will help countless individuals by her selfless act of sharing her story!
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