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The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson

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fanchera's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Henderson dives into her childhood and upbringing with wit and sincerity; it felt like a friend was telling me stories. The first 40% or so is more lighthearted (though not without negative experiences, of course), but then Henderson really gets into some serious topics (see content warnings). It's really heartbreaking, what some kids have gone through and survived. It seems like Henderson put in a lot of work to move past some of the events in her childhood and I commend her for opening up to readers the way she did.

This book was funny, depressing, frustrating, and encouraging. I always find it hard to "rate" someone's life experiences, but if you like memoirs definitely read this. The very end is sweet, especially the family acknowledgements.

(Also, it's always astounding to me how much of people's lives they can remember! I don't imagine I'll ever have a reason to write a memoir, but I can hardly remember events from a couple years ago, let alone a semi-complete view of my early childhood or teen years. Bravo to everyone who does it!)

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