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Maditude
Maditude is an honest, funny tale about how Paul Starsoneck’s early life shaped him for better or worse into the successful human being he is today. But it’s a lot more than that. It’s a comedy of errors about a young man from working-class Riverside, Rhode Island, climbing the class ladder while discovering social etiquette. It’s a college and work memoir, and finally it’s a love letter to Starsoneck’s beloved Boston Red Sox as well as to the grumpy and gritty characters and towns of Rhode Island
310 pages, Paperback
First published May 22, 2014
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Paul Starsoneck
1 book2 followersPaul Starsoneck grew up outside of Providence, Rhode Island. In 2012 he retired from a career in information technology to pursue full time writing projects. He resides with his wife Leslie in Raleigh, North Carolina and Traverse City, Michigan.
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January 11, 2015
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book took me a while to read. I love a good Cape Cod story more than most, I might say, and this is certainly one of those. However, this one is true, a memoir, and that changed it for me in some important senses. It reminded me of that scene in Little Miss Sunshine when the father is trying to convince people to hire him as an inspirational speaker, but let's be honest, there is nothing so inspirational about his life, or at least for which other people would be willing to pay. In this case Paul Starsoneck has chronicled his early life, and I had a hard time caring deeply. Now he seems to have had a perfectly fine, mildly interesting life, but it is probably more interesting to him (and perhaps his family) than to a reader going in blind. Also, the writing is highly anecdotal, whereas I prefer a more literary approach. I think that the book could have benefited from some more editing to focus it. On the other hand, Go Red Sox!
This book took me a while to read. I love a good Cape Cod story more than most, I might say, and this is certainly one of those. However, this one is true, a memoir, and that changed it for me in some important senses. It reminded me of that scene in Little Miss Sunshine when the father is trying to convince people to hire him as an inspirational speaker, but let's be honest, there is nothing so inspirational about his life, or at least for which other people would be willing to pay. In this case Paul Starsoneck has chronicled his early life, and I had a hard time caring deeply. Now he seems to have had a perfectly fine, mildly interesting life, but it is probably more interesting to him (and perhaps his family) than to a reader going in blind. Also, the writing is highly anecdotal, whereas I prefer a more literary approach. I think that the book could have benefited from some more editing to focus it. On the other hand, Go Red Sox!
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