45 pages 1 hour read

Lara Love Hardin

The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

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Essay Topics

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What makes Hardin an unreliable narrator? Does her unreliability affect her story’s perceived authenticity? Use examples from the text in your response.

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Hardin criticizes the criminal justice system even though she credits it with saving her life. How does she reconcile this contradiction?

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Hardin paints herself as an underdog, a disadvantaged woman down on her luck and faced with huge obstacles. In what ways is this portrayal true, and in what ways does this lack credibility?

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