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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
6 reviews
elyssajoh's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Rape, War, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
melhara's review against another edition
3.5
As with most poetry collections, there were some poems that stood out to me more than others, including Assimilation; Drowning in Dawson's Creek; My Father, The Astronaut; and, Bless This House.
Here's a passage from Assimilation:
The refugee's heart often grows
an outer layer. An assimilation.
It cocoons the organ. Those unable to grow the extra skin
die within the first six months in a host country.
As much as I like listening to poetry via audiobook or reading it via ebook, I did have some difficulty navigating between the glossary at the end of the book and the poems (as there are many Somali words included in the poems).
Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, and Death
faduma's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Classism, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Torture, Trafficking, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma
venetiana's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Blood, Racism, Murder, Eating disorder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Cancer, Abortion, War, Child death, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical content, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Child abuse, and Abandonment
sharonus's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Physical abuse, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Violence, and War
Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt
readingwithk's review against another edition
5.0
My favorite poems were: “Home”; “Backwards”; “Bless this house”
Moderate: Physical abuse, War, and Genocide