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Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'
What My Mother and I Don't Talk about: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by
4 reviews
maddamreads's review against another edition
4.0
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
samanthajore's review
4.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment
adeliab's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Ableism
Minor: Pregnancy
meemawreads's review against another edition
4.0
We put mothers on this pedestal… we make motherhood nearly compulsory but then dehumanize mothers so that if they’re not perfectly nurturing and perfectly selfless and perfectly content in motherhood, they’re monsters. I love the care many of these writers took to show understanding that their moms are just people, too.
I don’t recommend this book generally but specifically: read only if you’re experienced holding strangers’ pain without harm to yourself. Four taters 🥔🥔🥔🥔/🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
Graphic: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Physical abuse