An Honest and Inspiring Memoir
Review by Ronica Wahi Land of Allusions By Andrew Davie First published: March 5, 2021, Independently Published. Kindle Edition published: June 29, 2021. Kindle Edition Pages: 104. ASIN: B08XQXTY77 In the “Preface” to Land of Allusions , the memoir’s creator Andrew Davie writes about the two parts – Comedy and Tragedy – of this work: “Certain events in comedy could very well have been labeled as tragic, and many tragic events are hilarious in hindsight. It’s all a matter of perspective.” And this perspective is what Davie provides through a brave account of many of his experiences, experiences of the sort that most would shy away from relating. The subtitle helpfully informs of what the reader is going to find: “A Memoir about Online Dating, Jobs, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Surviving a Ruptured Brain Aneurysm/Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, and More.” The book contains a lot of cultural references, a majority of them being references to popular mo