Match BookMy Life In Hidey Hole Hollow: And Other Tales Of My Life
Shari Vaudo
2015 · 214 pages · Memoir
How it reads
My Life In Hidey Hole Hollow: And Other Tales Of My Life is memoir (personal memoir, specifically), and its dominant mood is heartwarming. It's kind, generous and emotionally satisfying. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in a small town setting, in the recent past, told in the first person by a single narrator. Its central concerns are identity, family and nature. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 214 pages it's a quick read. It's a hidden gem — known to relatively few readers.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something heartwarming
- you like finding books before everyone else
- you want a complete story in one book
Maybe not if…
- you need something dark or eerie
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- memoir
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- debut
- Setting: place
- small town
- Setting: time
- recent past
- Mood / feeling
- heartwarming
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- balanced
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- first person, one narrator
- Publication era
- modern classic
- Popularity
- hidden gem
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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