https://blog.isakkvam.com/tags/lauradassowwalls/Recent content in Lauradassowwalls on Isak's BlogHugoen-usFri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.isakkvam.com/post/my-favorite-niche-thing-in-biographies/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.isakkvam.com/post/my-favorite-niche-thing-in-biographies/<p>It’s pretty common for cradle-to-grave biographies to open with a few chapters of the subject’s parents or grandparents so readers have a full picture of background. But my absolute, favorite niche thing in two biographies I love is when the author decided that to really understand their subject, they had to go way, <em>way</em> back.</p> <p>That in order to truly understand a person, you first need to understand the geologic history of where they grew up.</p>