Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby

11 reviews

cantfindmybookmark's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

egmamaril's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racism

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Racism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Addiction, Child abuse, Ableism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Grief, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Classism, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Child death, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Drug use

bookishcori's review

informative reflective sad medium-paced

This isn’t what I went in expecting, but I’m thankful to ma-nee for telling her journey. The audio narration was perfect - it felt like sitting around a campfire with an elder. 

I was also fascinated by the afterward and the writing process.

This book comes with so many content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Racism, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Addiction, Child death, Sexual violence, and Alcoholism

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual assault

literarylarisa's review

challenging emotional sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

therainbowshelf's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A really well done and engaging memoir retelling a life filled with pain, hardship, and triumph. I highly recommend this read, but it comes with strong content warnings for alcoholism, drug use, child abuse, rape, assault, homophobia, racism, torture, domestic abuse, child death, and other content that may be difficult for some readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism

SIDS

mirireads's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Sexual harassment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Addiction, Racism, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

aus10england's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Wow. This is one of the best memoirs I have ever read. 

It hit on all levels, such an eye-opening, inspiring, reflective, and deeply personal read. The authors really did the subject’s stories justice. Ma-nee has lived many, many lives, and the world is lucky to have this published work to live on forever. 

I appreciated the afterwords of this book, that explained how the publication came to be, since the subject of the memoir has vision issues that would make writing a book from start to finish difficult. So much went into it, and it made me appreciate the book even more. 

Overall, this book is severely overlooked, and should be read by anybody who wants to better understand native (queer) identities and culture. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Sexism, Death of parent, Medical content, Self harm, Outing, Bullying, Misogyny, Suicide, Cancer, and Infertility

Minor: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Miscarriage

bobbi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Addiction, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Racism, Child death, Death, and Death of parent