Shift Happens

I loved reading this book. Margot writes with such clarity and honesty and there are so many subtle lessons to be learned from Margot's experience. It's been more than a week since I read the book, and with the time to process what I've read, I appreciate it all the more. Margot writes about recover......more

Margot Genger's honest, unusual, and heartbreaking memoir of her time as a long-haul delivery truck driver tackles racism, sexism, mental health, bipolar disorder, depression family drama, culture shock, annoying coworkers, alcoholism, classism, and so much more in only a couple hundred pages. Follo......more

I received an ARC from BooksGoSocial through NetGalley for an honest review. At 26 Margot was put into a locked facility for the insane and when she got out she left home and became a truck driver. With the struggles she went through because she had Bipolar 1 and was an alcoholic, she never gave up......more

What a powerful story! The main feeling I had throughout this wonderful book was admiration for the author's courage in revealing the struggles she has gone through to get to a much happier and content place in her life. Margot Genger shares her story in a completely open and honest manner. I think......more

There are aspects of this book which will break your heart despite the conclusion being one of positivity and hope. The sense of grieving for what might have been was strong for me as I read this fascinating woman’s account of a life spanning vastly different experiences. Reflecting on the period in......more