“Inked Up” or not, you will enjoy Manalio-Bonaventura’s learning experiences!

By Ellen Marcantonio on August 7, 2017
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase

Manalio-Bonaventura takes a chance with her personal essays that recount various elements of her life: boyfriends, career choices, family issues and her love of roller skating and “inking up”. Well, the chance is well worth the read. I come from a different era than Ms. Bonaventura, but I felt myself catapulted back to my own teenaged angst and struggles to find my way in a confusing world. I was able to identify with, laugh with and empathize with the slice-of-life vignettes she shares with the reader. Her truth and narrative style (never pedantic) sweep us along to Identify with the female culture where the reader is sure to “learn stuff along the way.” A great first publication!