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Means of Transit: A Slightly Embellished Memoir

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"If finding out there is no place like home is your favorite type of story then you will love Means of Transit, Teresa Miller's story of why she left Oklahoma only to return and build a very successful life."

This book was a joy to read, full of Teresa's southern humor and her honest portrayal of a southern family, full of love and drama, tragedy and triumph. We understand both Teresa's dream of leaving Oklahoma and the strong ties that keep her there. The book brought tears and laughter, and a sense of family, with all of its flaws and imperfections, yet still tied together with love and hope for reconcilliation and joy. She gives us a glimpse of her enormous gift for bringing some of the greatest literary talents of our time together with those who love to read, and we are heartened by her success!

While I am not normally a big fan of memoirs, this one kept me interested enough to read it in one night. It is witty, honest, and involved enough to keep the pages turning. Miller has captured bits of life's truthes between the covers of this book.

This book is a unique combination of wit, humor, and wisdom.
The author's personal experiences are presented in a way that makes readers pull out the drawer and re-examine experiences of their own.
The book is set in Oklahoma and tells the life story of an Oklahoman, but it takes its readers far out of the state's border.
Through telling her own life journey, Teresa Miller makes you think about the questions of family, home place, and relationships with the surrounding world and with your own self.
As a foreigner, originally from Ukraine, I felt that in this book the author explores the topics that do not have borders or nationalities.
This is the book that will touch your heart and mind.

I live in Arkansas, in the heartland of America, and I remember a favorite aunt's favorite warning ("Now don't you story to me!") when my imagination took one too many means of transit during our visits! So I loved taking Teresa Miller's journey with her through those times and with those people. But this book is not just for those of us who recognize these people and places; it is for all people everywhere who have journeyed through their own heart's strange and wonderful landscapes. It is beautifully and poignantly written. I recommend it highly.

Teresa Miller has given us a rare jewel in the form of an incredible memoir. Ms. Miller's insight and wisdom would have been enough to keep me turning the pages of her book, but the addition of her sense of humor totally hooked me. Her journey is one many of us can relate to - we can see ourselves in her dreams and relate to her struggles and triumphs. I especially enjoyed the way she headed sections with quotes - they made me eager to read the text that followed and discover how she connected the dots. Do yourself a favor and curl up with this lovely book!