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As with I Choose Elena, My Body Keeps Your Secrets is not an easy read, but I found myself nodding furiously the whole way through. Every other page offers a lightbulb moment or the kind of insight that will make you gasp. Osborne-Crawley deserves a wide readership; her tireless efforts to examine and self-examine will resonate for all readers, regardless of their own identities and histories.

My full review of My Body Keeps Your Secrets is up now on Keeping Up With The Penguins.

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3.25

A powerful manifesto on pain, shame and love, all through the lens of female and/or queer experiences. However, I feel that the impact would have been even stronger had this been an essay, or at least cut in half. There were some unnecessary repetitions and parts that disrupted the flow of the wonderful stories collected in this book. Here and there Osborne-Crowley mentions scientific studies to support her claims; yet the irregularity of such mentions makes this book a weird mix of pop-sciency-non-fiction, and an emotional collection of author's own ideas and feelings. I found myself most enjoying the citations and excerpts Osborne-Crowley had gathered from other writers, as well as her reflections upon them.

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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