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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
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Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women.
Sometimes, the men—they come with keys,
and sometimes, the men—they come with hammers.
i loved reading every single poem but here are my favorites:
- Home
- Filial Cannibalism
- Bless Your Ugly Daughter
- Midnight in the Foreign Food Aisle
- Unbearable Weight of Staying
- Hooyo Full of Grace
- Saint Hooyo
- Backwards
- Hooyo Isn't Home
- The Abubakr Girls are Different
- Bless this House
highly, HIGHLY recommended
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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head is beautifully raw and unflinching poetry. Absolutely haunting, and so gorgeous, especially as an audio book read by the author. War. Displacement. Violence. Life as a refugee. Loss after loss, and the resulting pain and addiction and trauma and abuse, the fracturing of family and relationships. The lyrical beauty of the poetry does not diminish its emotional potency. There were scenes the author described that I couldn't get out of my head, and I had to read something else before I could fall asleep that night. Highly recommended, just take care to check the content warnings, because wow, there's a lot.
Thank you to Random House and #NetGalley for a chance to read an advance digital copy of the gorgeous #BlesstheDaughterRaisedbyaVoiceinHerHead
Thank you to Random House and #NetGalley for a chance to read an advance digital copy of the gorgeous #BlesstheDaughterRaisedbyaVoiceinHerHead
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War
Some poems were a difficult read because of the sensitive topics. The way she words her emotions and experiences is so visceral. There were many emotional and memorable quotes that were beautifully worded and the intertextual inclusions were enlightening.
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What a lovely poetry collection.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced