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Nowhere for Very Long: The Unexpected Road to an Unconventional Life by Brianna Madia
3 reviews
merakiforest's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Cursing, Addiction, Blood, Classism, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization
ridgewife's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
Well. Where do I begin. This story was everything I knew it would be having followed Brianna for years. My heart will remember this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Grief, and Vomit
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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