I was left with the question of what I was supposed to do with this idea of retelling life stories. The book was finished before I had time to mull things over. I would have enjoyed more personal stories and more development of the topic of why life stories changed in the book. Jones first noticed that the stories of members in the group shared changed with the retelling over time which led to the thoughts contained in this book. He has a little more experience than most in retelling his life story as a member of a men’s church group focused on bonding. The author shared a few samples of his life story rhetoric as examples of how looking back he has reevaluated the importance of a particular event. I’m not sure that this book gave me a concrete answer to this question though. I wanted to know why life stories change and how I see myself differently as I have aged. I admit, the title of this little book was what first attracted me.
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