My Year with Eleanor: A Memoir by Noelle Hancock
My enjoyment rating: 3 of 5 stars
Hangover rating: 3 stars
Source: Nook ebook
Genre: Memoir; self help
Objectionable material: some minor language
On the eve of her 30th birthday Noelle Hancock loses her job. Life is in crisis mode.
In an attempt to bide her time until she secures another one and recreate her old "exciting" self, she embarks on a year of "fears" in tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt's quote, "Do one thing every day that scares you."
This was a pleasant memoir in the theme of many other self discovery, "do something in a year" books (live biblically, live in Italy, eat vegan -- you name it).
Her anecdotes of swimming with sharks, flying from a trapeze, climbing Mt Kilimanjaro (among others), were whimsical, terrifying, and inspiring.
Her writing was witty and clever.
Interestingly enough, I found myself more interested in the life and writings of Eleanor Roosevelt, though. There is a woman I definitely need to read more about.
A quick and easy memoir if you are looking for something effortless to read.
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