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A review by failedimitator
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I know she wrote, in the intro, that this book has a happy ending. But honestly, I'm not sure that's true.
I mean -- yes -- for her, absolutely. Her journey from where she started to where she ended up -- incredible. But also, I don't think anyone in the history of the world has ever worked as hard as Stephanie Foo has to heal. And very very few people have the contacts and resources that she does.
This is not a dig against the book, of course. The writing was phenomenal. And even though it was very heavy, it was still compulsively readable.
But also, the feeling it left me with was -- Is this really what it takes to heal? This? ALL THIS???
It left me, quite frankly, demoralized.
I mean -- yes -- for her, absolutely. Her journey from where she started to where she ended up -- incredible. But also, I don't think anyone in the history of the world has ever worked as hard as Stephanie Foo has to heal. And very very few people have the contacts and resources that she does.
This is not a dig against the book, of course. The writing was phenomenal. And even though it was very heavy, it was still compulsively readable.
But also, the feeling it left me with was -- Is this really what it takes to heal? This? ALL THIS???
It left me, quite frankly, demoralized.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Violence