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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
65 reviews
starlit_pathways's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Car accident, and War
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
wetdirtreads's review
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Hate crime, and War
zombiezami's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, and War
ronan_lesh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Moderate: Eating disorder, Racism, Toxic friendship, and War
Minor: Death and Rape
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
4.0
The descriptions of the childhood abuse was palpable, sickening, and incredibly sad. Major content warnings for these scenes, please take care while reading.
The relationships with her parents in her adulthood was also fascinating. How she manages to maintain some contact with her father despite how much he hurt her. We do what we must to find mental and physical safety but how much we can crave love from our parents even if we fear them. It's a constant balancing act and so emotionally exhausting.
I don't know very much about psychiatry and psychology so this aspect of the memoir was a bit over my head but I still followed along. She made it pretty easy for non-experts to understand the different kinds of treatment she sought. This memoir is so sad, reading about Foo encountering so many hurdles and struggling to find the light at the end of the tunnel. Knowing that she was well enough to write this memoir, reflecting on her life does little to lessen the second-hand blow of her life story to the reader. It's heavy heavy heavy.
I wish her the best in continuing to heal and understand herself before and after the trauma.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cursing, Hate crime, Self harm, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Incest, Infertility, and War
negative self-talk, bad therapy experiences, victim blaming.stonams's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail
faduma's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
lmshearer's review
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
megbooks02's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
ashleycmms's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt