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Marriage, Kidneys, and Other Dark Organs : A Memoir

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The title "Marriage, Kidneys and Other Dark Organs" by Venera DiBella Barles, would seem likely to be the perfect reading companion for a long wait in the radiology clinic, but is devoid of literal references to kidneys. It is actually a visceral trail of the author's real life experience growing up in an immigrant family household where a colorful but dominating father leaves the family raw and vulnerable. Between tears, I laughed my kishkas out. There are powerful emotional strains in these memoirs that anyone, regardless of background, can relate to, whether the understanding stems from the "school of hard knocks" or from the comfortable voyeuristic vantage point of the den recliner.

Wow, what a great piece of work. It was a rollercoaster, I laughed and cried, I could not put this book down. I thoroughly enjoyed the journey with the author. Di Bella Barles is so generous, she shares so much with her reader.

An intense and yet, humorous look into a girls growing years.
A book well worth the read.
E.J.Willmann

The book is about a real life. I had a rollercoaster ride of emotions while reading this book. Venera De Bella Barles tells her story with great humor and insight. As her life progresses you will cry not from the sad stories but from laughing so hard. For a first book she has done a surpurb job. I hope to read more of her work in the future.