Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

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

52 reviews

cottagecorecabbage's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abortion and Racism

csutherlin3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cancer

cartermon4's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Miscarriage, Cancer, Classism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body shaming

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Cancer, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Stalking, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

caseylovett's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Pedophilia, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal cruelty

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Rape, Cancer, Mental illness, Misogyny, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual assault

courtneys317's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Stalking

ebassin713's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Ford's descriptions are cinematic; rarely before have I been so enthralled by the way a writer describes people and emotions. Truly, this memoir is a thoughful and complex picture of Ford's youth and family, and hearing her read it herself made it all the more personal. I felt as though I stepped into some of these scenes and lived beside her. 

I also greatly enjoyed the interview at the end between Ford and Clint Smith; it is always enlightening to hear great writers discuss their craft. (I may listen to that portion again after reading Smith's book, since he discusses his own word in-depth, too.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage

Minor: Cancer, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, and Stalking

Incarceration also comes up a lot, since the author's father is in prison for most of the book.