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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
This gripped my heart from beginning to end. I couldn't put it down.
Well written but too dark and sad right now for me
Thank you for your words and vulnerability. Your story is invaluable.
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What an amazingly vulnerable experience! Wow! As someone close to her age, I could relate to the books she was reading as a child and imagine myself in the cluster of “those” kids. I could feel her in the airplane seats. I’ve been that person . . . “Not here, please”. I am ashamed of the way I have ignored others larger than me but absolutely feel the pain of constant hiding . . . Constantly wishing people didn’t see me. One of my dear friends told me recently to start writing my own story. She said I have consumed enough of others’ works and can release myself to write. I could never imagine doing what Ms. Gay has done here in sharing such intimacy. She says this is her hardest work, and I believe it. However, THANK YOU. Your courage, your progress to the “best version of yourself”, your vulnerability has given so many other women at least a nod of “you are not alone”. We may not be able to identify with every element of your story, but at the most human level, I can relate. I also thank you for showing me the ugly parts of me . . . The pieces of me that I wish were not there but now that I see I can correct. Everyone is worthy of eye contact. Everyone deserves the arm rest. ;)
Read by the author, this was my first book by Ms. Gay and what a revelation. Taking on the very toxic, cruel reality of super morbidity and the way others view those who struggle with it yearly, daily, hourly...hopefully readers will allow a healthy dose of compassion and swallow their bias the next time to allow connection, not distance. Kudos!
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