A review by waterbear0821
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

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4.5

Despite the challenging subject matter, I enjoyed this book immensely. I knew Stephanie Foo is a fantastic storyteller from TAL. While the story is horrifying, the way she tells it is captivating, and she weaves in history, culture, and so much research and science. I am so glad she wrote this book. I do not have a history of complex trauma like the author, but I have volunteered with children who have experienced complex trauma and in some ways I could even see my own experiences in the stories shared in this book. It’s both a singular, very personal memoir, but also illuminating about how across many cultures we hide our pain, how suffering is encoded in our genes, how medical professionals can exacerbate issues by ignoring the brain/body connection, how racism amplifies and causes complex trauma, and much more that reveals so much about all of us. I think it would be a valuable read for anyone and so insightful about the pain so many people live with. 
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