Chapter Two Hundred Twenty-Five: Can't Help Myself

I listened to Boston Globe "Love Letters" columnist Meredith Goldstein's memoir Can't Help Myself (wonderfully read by the author) and enjoyed every moment of it.  It doesn't hurt, I suppose, that, although about ten years my senior, I resonated with much of what Goldstein described about her own life, but I think this work would appeal to a wider audience, too.  Goldstein weaves together snippets from her "Love Letters" columns and her own experiences as a girlfriend, as a single woman, as a sister, and as the daughter of a mother ill with cancer.  This juxtaposition of other people's letters to her column and her own life offers some perspective on both the column and especially her own life.  Even as Goldstein covers many weightier topics, her writing offers up moments of levity in counterbalance, making this memoir eminently listenable (or readable).  I only wished it lasted longer!