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wow wow wow… wow. no words. read this.
edit: adding favourite quotations!
“you don’t appreciate that you’ve broken me. lovers want to undo their partners. i feel unveiled and more work than you had bargained for. i was unsure of the currency of men and unaware that losing myself would feel so physical.”
“even when i am there with you, beneath your breath, i still feel you withholding.”
“i don’t think that i am lonely. i think that i am starved and maybe ravenous for the very thing you withhold from me.”
“he was unafraid of me, in the daylight, at any time—i felt enough.”
“i spent hours convincing myself that no child is ruined—and the one inside of me is worth remembering fondly.”
“my people cultivated pain. in the way that god cultivated his garden, with the foresight that he could not contain or protect the life within it. humanity was born out of pain.”
there are so many more that i highlighted but i don’t want to give too much away <3
edit: adding favourite quotations!
“you don’t appreciate that you’ve broken me. lovers want to undo their partners. i feel unveiled and more work than you had bargained for. i was unsure of the currency of men and unaware that losing myself would feel so physical.”
“even when i am there with you, beneath your breath, i still feel you withholding.”
“i don’t think that i am lonely. i think that i am starved and maybe ravenous for the very thing you withhold from me.”
“he was unafraid of me, in the daylight, at any time—i felt enough.”
“i spent hours convincing myself that no child is ruined—and the one inside of me is worth remembering fondly.”
“my people cultivated pain. in the way that god cultivated his garden, with the foresight that he could not contain or protect the life within it. humanity was born out of pain.”
there are so many more that i highlighted but i don’t want to give too much away <3
Wanted to come away with a better understanding of mental illness and/or a better sense of the contemporary Native American lifestyle. Instead, found this to be too raw and jarring.
Issues of great poverty, dysfunctional parenting, extreme promiscuity, swearing, foster care, sexual abuse, and more are the things the author must endure before becoming the successful writer and teacher she is today.
After a teen marriage and losing custody of her child, she is diagnosed as bipolar and acknowledges that she strains every relationship she has. She is messy, loud, drunk and abusive yet somehow writing is the one constant in her life. She certainly endured a lot as a child and it has taken most of her adult life to sort it out.
This tale is not complimentary to Native Americans and might make anyone run away from someone who says they are bipolar. A tough read.
Issues of great poverty, dysfunctional parenting, extreme promiscuity, swearing, foster care, sexual abuse, and more are the things the author must endure before becoming the successful writer and teacher she is today.
After a teen marriage and losing custody of her child, she is diagnosed as bipolar and acknowledges that she strains every relationship she has. She is messy, loud, drunk and abusive yet somehow writing is the one constant in her life. She certainly endured a lot as a child and it has taken most of her adult life to sort it out.
This tale is not complimentary to Native Americans and might make anyone run away from someone who says they are bipolar. A tough read.
I think self-esteem is a white invention to further separate one person from another. It asks people to assess their values and implies people have worth. It seems like identity capitalism.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
A journey.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Pregnancy
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
I don't know what to say about this book. I want to say that it was heartbreaking to read, but I don't think that does it justice, and it can't even come close to explaining how it really made me feel. it was awesome to hear a story of a Native American woman from a different perspective than I'm used to. There is so much honesty and exploration of emotions and experiences. She doesn't hold back when talking about her own shortcomings, and she balances those so well with her external experiences. To be able to acknowledge one's own faults and explore why those faults exist, while at the same time discussing loved ones who are responsible for those faults with love and understanding is a rare ability. She is just an amazing wordsmith.
Powerful memoir that reads like an epic poem.
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4th of January, 2019. I already found my first favorite read of the year.
The sheer love I have for this memoir is staggering. Mostly, throughout the book, I was crushed into pieces. Every sentences, every words, they're compact and yet beautiful and heartwrenching. I'm not even making sense. The last three chapters of the book revive me all over again. It's just. I don't know. Perfect.
The sheer love I have for this memoir is staggering. Mostly, throughout the book, I was crushed into pieces. Every sentences, every words, they're compact and yet beautiful and heartwrenching. I'm not even making sense. The last three chapters of the book revive me all over again. It's just. I don't know. Perfect.