Sounds Like Titanic

I’ve just finished reading SOUNDS LIKE TITANIC, a memoir by Jessica Hindman—and in the interest of full disclosure: Jessica Hindman is both a friend and a colleague of mine; however, neither of those qualities have any effect on my review of this book. And that’s simply the truth.

 

SOUNDS LIKE TITANIC is a tremendous read which I highly recommend to any reader. It is by turns hilarious and deadly serious, and always, always brutally honest. Jessica’s voice and her use of imagery is compelling, artful, and addictive, so much so that I found myself eager to return to the narrative every time I put it down. The narrative examines Jessica’s experience as a ‘fake violinist’ (I’m not going to explain that: read the book), but that’s only the surface of her memoir—the lens through which Jessica looks at herself, at relationships, at American people and culture, at the concepts of integrity, honesty, and self-deception.

 

I won’t say more or give you any spoilers. I will simply tell you that you owe it to yourself to go out, find this book, and read it. Now.