BookLife Prize (Publishers Weekly) – 2023 “Stories That Move, My Life in Many Allegories”
Stories That Move: Plot/Idea: 9 out of 10 Originality: 9 out of 10 Prose: 10 out of 10 Character/Execution: 9 out of 10 Overall: 9.25 out of 10 Assessment: Plot/Idea: Berry shares snippets of his childhood through adulthood, recollections that, at times, are intensely honest and vulnerable. He embeds a life lesson in each of his […]
Kirkus Review of: Stories That Move, My Life in Many Allegories
Compact, earnest, and absorbing real-life musings and takeaways. Berry’s memoir brims with family stories, regrets, and life lessons. A Guinness World Record–holding sword swallower and champion juggler, the author has performed around the globe, but many of this collection’s stories are taken from his childhood in California. At an early age, Berry was diagnosed with […]