Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford

86 reviews

mheiling's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Domestic abuse

katielaine_w's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, and Terminal illness

erineloise's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I found it incredibly difficult to read at times, especially the first half of the book, due to the nature of the themes being explored, but otherwise a beautiful and insightful read. Highly recommend following up by listening to Ashley speaking on a podcast, such as Glennon Doyle's 'We Can Do Hard Things' podcast for extra insight and hope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

veronicats's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Oh my God. 
 I don't read a lot of memoirs or non fiction in general these days, but I am SO glad I read this. I smiled a lot, I cried, I was thinking about passages and phrases and quotes from it for hours afterwards. 
 I think this is hit so close because she talks about her relationships with her parents. The emotionally absent mother and physically absent father are figures I know only too well. She said so many things I've thought but could never articulate. 
 I recommend this to everyone. It is so, so good. So powerful. I know I'll be coming back to things I read in this book a LOT. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

liblibby's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pedophilia

Minor: Cancer

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Domestic abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

annie43's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

this was really good. some of the ways she wrote about things felt so relatable. she experienced some similar things to me and hearing her share about it was affirming. she felt like a friend.

the way that she forgave and maintained relationship with her mother made me feel somewhat ashamed.

it was slow at parts and there were a couple of chapters that felt inconsequential although i’m sure they were important to the author. i’m very curious how memoirists remember so many minute details about their lives, not only how they felt but dialogue and how things took place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Rape

sydapel's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An absolute must read memoir. It's filled with poise and heart and descriptions of emotions unlike anything I've read in awhile. I don't know what else to say other than to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Toxic relationship, Racism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

bookiecharm's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Body shaming and Pedophilia

mfiegel's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse