Tamara Yajia’s cracked coming of age memoir is required reading for Weird Girl Summer. Her life story is absolutely bonkers, her family members are completely unhinged, and at times it gets quite dark and vulnerable, but Tamara writes with the poise of a veteran comedian who understands that everything is material. Tamara gives readers the gift of permission to laugh through Cry for Me, Argentina, and the payoff is a total triumph.
Cry for Me, Argentina by Tamara Yajia, (List Price: $26.99, Bloomsbury Publishing, 9781639733910, July 2025)
Reviewed by Emily Liner, Friendly City Books in Columbus, Mississippi