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bookworm_leilani's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Medical content
autozone's review against another edition
5.0
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“To the world, he was a bad man. To me, he was my dad who did a bad thing. I was still trying to figure out what it meant to love someone who had done such a bad thing, but I did love him. And that was enough for me to show up, and say so to his face.”
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexism, Sexual content, Racism, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Stalking
karaswils's review against another edition
4.0
The content warnings for this book are about a mile long, but nothing is gratuitous or sensationalized—it is simply honest, and even kind and sympathetic at points. Furthermore, Ford is able to clearly articulate the motivations, perceptions, and disappointments that everyone in the memoir feels, especially her and the people who raised her. But she still keeps her perspective and truth front and center, and thus the love, heartbreak, and truth in her story shine through.
Ashley C. Ford is an excellent narrator as well as writer. I highly recommend the audio version of this book.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Rape, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Cursing
Moderate: Death, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Miscarriage
Minor: Medical content and Fire/Fire injury
mmccombs's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Rape
Minor: Stalking
ladymirtazapine's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, and Stalking
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders
radfordmanor's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
mariasilva's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
meghan's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Stalking, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, and Child death
veronicats's review against another edition
5.0
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.
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
cindymarieo's review against another edition
Moderate: Sexual assault, Stalking, and Child abuse