Hello, fellow Friday 56ers!
This week, I'm featuring You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir by Christina Applegate. I tried my best to obtain a review copy but was unsuccessful. I briefly considered ordering a copy, but luckily, I found it at a Walmart in a neighboring county that actually stocks its bookshelves. Note: I live in a small town with no actual bookstores, but there's a Walmart that has unfortunately downsized its already limited book section by half and then failed to restock it.
Anyway, like many others, I'm a fan of Married with Children and wanted to read Christina's memoir. I've read exactly 56 pages so far, and it's profoundly sad—not only because of the multiple sclerosis that has impacted her life, but also due to her troubled and traumatic childhood. It’s truly haunting.
Now, here’s a tease from page 56:
There he was, bleached blond hair, missing teeth, a brown button-down shirt over a T-shirt. Literally my breath was taken away. It's my punk rock God, I thought. It's my punk rock fantasy.
— Applegate, Christina. You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir, Little, Brown, and Company, 2026, p. 56.
〜B.J. Burgess
I feel sad just reading short take on the book. Glad you found it. I lived for over ten years in a book desert and hated not having a book store to go and snoop around in every once in a while. Sorry to hear that is your life right now.
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