The Victory Lap by Pamela Facey is a memoir based on her life thus far, and what she’s gleaned now that she’s turned 40. 

I enjoyed learning about her experiences and the life lessons she took from them. I think it’s always so important to learn from each other and to listen to other’s lives and perspectives. It helps us expand our view of the world around us, grow in empathy, and consider other ways of thinking. I appreciated Pamela’s point of view and how she used her difficulties and her successes to decide what was important to her, and how to articulate that. 

While her point of view on some things like faith and God differ from mine, it was nonetheless interesting to hear her perspective and how she views the world from that, and what became a priority vs a peripheral for her. 

As far as the writing itself, the book did feel a bit disjointed to me, and I didn’t feel some of it flowed well in the thoughts from one paragraph or section to another. It was hard at times to track how a given perspective was gained, or what life experience led to it, ore vice versa, how a life experience influenced her. They sort of felt separate and independent from each other, almost like two different tracks in the book. But overall, it was an easy and interesting read otherwise and I enjoyed exploring it. 

Thanks to Pamela Facey for the copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I enjoyed hearing her story.