Family Ties: Readings from Three Memoirs

Nadja Spiegelman’s I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This tells the stories of mothers and daughters—and mothers as daughters—traced through four generations, from Paris to New York and back again. Sulome Anderson, a journalist and daughter of one of the world’s most famous hostages, Terry Anderson, presents a gripping blend of reportage, memoir, and analysis: The Hostage’s Daughter, an intimate look at the effect of the Lebanese Hostage Crisis on Anderson’s family, the United States, and the Middle East today. From costume designer and writer Tracy Tynan, Wear and Tear: The Threads of My Life, is a candid memoir told through clothes.