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Raising Wrenns: A Memoir

By: Mal Wrenn Corbin
Narrated by: Jocelyn Duford
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The only way people get out of Worcester is in a body bag, people used to say when Mal was growing up in the Main South neighborhood—crash-landing in house after house like true wrens, her family’s nutty avian namesake.

Raising Wrenns recounts her trips back to Worcester after the men in her family lost their lives; first her dad when he was shot, and later her brother who committed suicide jumping off a roof. On these trips she revisits the shoddy apartments they perched in, resurrecting her macabre, sometimes comical childhood memories of the streets where they fought bloody and birdlike for their survival.

The book is cordoned by fantastical and scientific stories comparing her family’s world and personality traits with those of wrens. It also contains a creative history of Worcester, a former factory town plagued by poverty, addiction, and violence—a cycle that Mal, unlike her brother and father, was able to escape.

©2024 Mal Wrenn Corbin (P)2024 Mal Wrenn Corbin
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A relatable memoir

Mal Wrenn is inspiring. From very difficult circumstances she went on to have a good life. I love a good memoir and thus definitely hit the spot.

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Shocking, sad, and relatable… yet encouraging and hopeful that a good life can be possible despite childhood hardship.

Mal Wrenn Corbin’s story really pulled on my heart strings and stirred some familiar connections in me. I imagine that one of the goals of a good writer is to create connection, emotion, and relatability for a reader… the author really succeeded in all of the above with me! I “became friends with Mal” while listening to her memoir, yet have never met her and do not know her. Her story will stay with me. I highly recommended this book!

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Interesting & Inspiring Read

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤📔: Raising Wrenns: A Memoir
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫✍🏽: Mal Wrenn Corbin
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Memoir, Non-Fiction
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 284
𝐏𝐮𝐛: January 31, 2024
𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲: Audio
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: 𝙰͢𝚁͢𝙲͢

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𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆'𝒔 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆:
Raising Wrenns, is a book that leaves the reader thoughtful, and in the feels. The author did a good job writing her experience and painting a vivid picture of her life. The Narrator did a wonderful job at narrating the story. The use of the comparison between the Wren birds and her family was a good symbol with all the facts blended into it.

Ꞇɑꮶɛɑᤐɑƴ:
We're not all privileged to have a life that's filled with no hardship, if you work hard to survive and to succeed, then you deserve the success and the good things of life. Survival is embedded into every pores that helps one overcome the past.


💕🌹𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓪 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮🌹💕.

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