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4.46 AVERAGE
4.46 AVERAGE
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medium-paced
I started this book and immediately said "I think this is going to be one of my favorite books of 2025."
This book is written as an open letter to Gupta's mother. It's born out of a desire for her mom to see her in a way that's never been fully allowed, and for the world to see her family in a way that's never been fully allowed.
On the outside, Gupta's family is picture-perfect and has "achieved" the American Dream. But on the inside, this drive to perform perfection and success has warped their relationships -- with each other and with themselves -- acting like a parasite that eats them from the inside out. This is an important take on mental health, abuse, and the dangers of the "model-minority" myth.
This book is written as an open letter to Gupta's mother. It's born out of a desire for her mom to see her in a way that's never been fully allowed, and for the world to see her family in a way that's never been fully allowed.
On the outside, Gupta's family is picture-perfect and has "achieved" the American Dream. But on the inside, this drive to perform perfection and success has warped their relationships -- with each other and with themselves -- acting like a parasite that eats them from the inside out. This is an important take on mental health, abuse, and the dangers of the "model-minority" myth.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
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challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
emotional
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt
dark
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reflective
medium-paced
dark
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reflective
medium-paced
emotional
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5/5
One of the most heartbreaking yet beautiful memoirs I’ve listened to. It broke me to listen to the author’s voice crack in pain and fighting back tears as she reflects through her own memories, comes to terms with the turbulent truths about her familial and personal relationships, and recounts her own ongoing journey to reclaim her sense of self and space in the face of everything. It’s so raw, poignant, triggering and hard to experience as an outsider but so important to acknowledge in the perspectives it shares of the unspoken generational trauma provoked by the american dream, racism, the survivors of abuse, and feminism
One of the most heartbreaking yet beautiful memoirs I’ve listened to. It broke me to listen to the author’s voice crack in pain and fighting back tears as she reflects through her own memories, comes to terms with the turbulent truths about her familial and personal relationships, and recounts her own ongoing journey to reclaim her sense of self and space in the face of everything. It’s so raw, poignant, triggering and hard to experience as an outsider but so important to acknowledge in the perspectives it shares of the unspoken generational trauma provoked by the american dream, racism, the survivors of abuse, and feminism