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What My Mother and I Don't Talk about: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by

16 reviews

maddamreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Brutally honest, funny, inspiring, heartbreaking, and genuine. You can’t go into the book thinking that you’ll find your own mother in the stories. Rather, the stories inspire an  exploration into your own relationship with your mother. Some of the stories were unexpected in the depth of humanizing the figures talked about. Most were brilliantly paced and written. Although almost all of the authors were middle aged/older reflecting on their younger years, the diversity of backgrounds and experiences makes the journey through the stories richer.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Xenophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming, Rape, and Drug use

acdubz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

jennyshelby's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

I was afraid that if i called her, she would talk and it would be too hard for me to love her after that.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

arayo's review against another edition

emotional reflective

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Ableism

Minor: Drug use, Cancer, Body shaming, and Suicide attempt

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is a heavy read. As with any anthology or collection of essays with multiple authors, some things are going to resonate and others are not. I think there is genuinely something for everyone here, whether your relationship with your mother is good or great or toxic or non-existent. A lot of tough topics are handled very eloquently and it may be tough to get through at times but it’s a worthy read. I’d recommend this to most people, I think you’ll find something that sticks with you for a long time to come. I know I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Cursing, Ableism, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Sexism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

its_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Body shaming

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Drug use

l3t1c1a's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Self harm, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, and Body shaming

dtierra's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Bullying, Cancer, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, and Emotional abuse

juliaaaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Rape, Mental illness, and Chronic illness

katie_lacour's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Self harm, Death of parent, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship