Finance ✦ Penny’s Take 📱 Kindle
Cheerful Money
Tad Friend · 2009
76/100
👍 Worth It
Penny here — Tad Friend writes his old-money WASP family's slow unraveling with a sharp, ironic eye, and critics at the Washington Post and NPR agreed it was one of the year's best. It wanders in spots and stays fairly narrow in focus, but the voice and honesty about privilege, grief, and therapy make it a worthwhile read.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing80
Originality68
Evidence & accuracy75
Hype vs delivers65
Age-fit80
Human-eye read72
Penny’s verdict76
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