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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the e-advanced reader's copy of this book. I will admit that in the first chapter, I was not fully sold on this book. I thought it was going to be full of saviorism and altruism that just makes you feel like you're a bad person for not doing as much. However, I was proven wrong in all the right ways. This book is touching, so genuine, and also very thoroughly researched with information on how poverty, trauma and food insecurity is all related.
Aptly titled The Meth Lunches because of the first chapter, Foster writes about her experience with Charlie, a laborer she and her husband hire who is addicted to meth. The rest of the book goes on to cover people she's met through being a foster parent or through being an active member of community care. If you want an example of someone who is truly engaged in their community, Foster is it. She starts a community fridge and pantry during the pandemic. She explores topics from mental health and it's relationship to housing security to the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and people's relationships to food later in life. Food is at the center of her writing, how it connects to everything from meth addiction, to feeling safety in our relationships.
Aptly titled The Meth Lunches because of the first chapter, Foster writes about her experience with Charlie, a laborer she and her husband hire who is addicted to meth. The rest of the book goes on to cover people she's met through being a foster parent or through being an active member of community care. If you want an example of someone who is truly engaged in their community, Foster is it. She starts a community fridge and pantry during the pandemic. She explores topics from mental health and it's relationship to housing security to the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and people's relationships to food later in life. Food is at the center of her writing, how it connects to everything from meth addiction, to feeling safety in our relationships.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced