'The Crane Wife' is a book I typically go for when I want to read a memoir and reading it reminded me of why I love memoirs. These series of essays reflects CJ Hauser's life as she remembers it. She dissects every relationship from the idea of being a "Crane Wife' and shedding her feathers for love. It was sad at some parts, it was funny and light in others.

The only downside to this book comes to me because while I was reading this novel I was doing a study abroad program in Peru. I couldn't help but think that CJ Hauser was "complaining" about all her failed relationships. I think if I was in a different state of mind I would have enjoyed this book a lot more.