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Nowhere for Very Long: The Unexpected Road to an Unconventional Life by Brianna Madia
2 reviews
pixelited's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
A genuinely beautiful book about the life of a woman I had never heard of before but now is someone I look up to as inspiration and with the utmost respect.
The author does an excellent job of describing every detail of her adventures and challenges, and it was easy to be enthralled in her words and see the images of her life play in your mind. As a reader, I felt everything right alongside the author as she told it and even had to choke back tears at some parts. Overall, this is just a truly phenomenal memoir that I would recommend to anyone!
The author does an excellent job of describing every detail of her adventures and challenges, and it was easy to be enthralled in her words and see the images of her life play in your mind. As a reader, I felt everything right alongside the author as she told it and even had to choke back tears at some parts. Overall, this is just a truly phenomenal memoir that I would recommend to anyone!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Drug use, and Drug abuse
caitlinpfry's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I have been following Bri on Instagram since 2017 and have read about her highs and her lows and the trolls in between.
I don’t read memoirs to confirm my own perspectives about a person. I read memoirs to put myself into that person’s shoes as much as a person can from a book. While in those shoes I am a witness to the relationships, the feelings, and the conflicts that individual has experienced.
What makes this a 5 star memoir? Brianna is raw - she acknowledges her “tortured artist past” to show that she is growing, learning, healing, and loving instead of choosing to focus on her past persona. A memoir isn’t for the reader, it’s for the writer. This book is a love letter and a forgiveness to herself. Don’t we all deserve to give ourselves that?
I don’t read memoirs to confirm my own perspectives about a person. I read memoirs to put myself into that person’s shoes as much as a person can from a book. While in those shoes I am a witness to the relationships, the feelings, and the conflicts that individual has experienced.
What makes this a 5 star memoir? Brianna is raw - she acknowledges her “tortured artist past” to show that she is growing, learning, healing, and loving instead of choosing to focus on her past persona. A memoir isn’t for the reader, it’s for the writer. This book is a love letter and a forgiveness to herself. Don’t we all deserve to give ourselves that?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, and Blood
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