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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder
I have never read a memoir, and I absolutely loved it. She kept my attention the whole time, and I just wanted to keep listening to reach the ending and learning about what really happened.
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Domestic abuse
challenging
emotional
sad
fast-paced
I feel bad giving a novel like this, one with such heartbreak and tragedy, a score of 3. But the rating, I have to remind myself, reflects the novel -- not the suffering of Natasha. I felt the novel gave too much backstory, not enough of the facts of the tragedy. I don't need the gorey details -- I am not saying that -- but I do want to know more about mom, and less about the daughter. Guess that's my bad for not fully understanding the novel description.
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol
emotional
informative
medium-paced
⭐ 5/5
Natasha Tretheway wrote this to allow the reader to truly walk in her shoes. She guides you through her inner dialogue as she's growing up while being exposed to domestic abuse, trauma, and pain. She talks about navigating her abusive stepfather, Joel, and how his actions caused a domino effect on her and her mother's life.
To hear this story, this memoir and her words made this story much more heartbreaking. Her writing is personable and vulnerable. Not only is the book about her mother, Gwen and what she went through before and after her untimely demise, but also, to me, this felt like a love letter, as well as an admission of shame or guilt from her daughter, Natasha. Which makes this memoir all the more grappling and heavy. Rest in peace, Gwendolyn.
Natasha Tretheway wrote this to allow the reader to truly walk in her shoes. She guides you through her inner dialogue as she's growing up while being exposed to domestic abuse, trauma, and pain. She talks about navigating her abusive stepfather, Joel, and how his actions caused a domino effect on her and her mother's life.
To hear this story, this memoir and her words made this story much more heartbreaking. Her writing is personable and vulnerable. Not only is the book about her mother, Gwen and what she went through before and after her untimely demise, but also, to me, this felt like a love letter, as well as an admission of shame or guilt from her daughter, Natasha. Which makes this memoir all the more grappling and heavy. Rest in peace, Gwendolyn.