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A review by librar_bee
How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir by Shayla Lawson
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
5 stars. A gorgeous and tender travel memoir that weaves every facet of Shayla Lawson's identity with the world around them. Gender, race, sexuality, disability, all that Shayla embodies is made fleetingly beautiful in these essays, many of which deal with very difficult subjects like racism, domestic violence, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Lawson's writing is reverent of the world and those they interact with. With every sentence, the growth that Lawson themselves has experiences is honored. There is great humility and gratitude in their writing, and even in their darkest moments, a fierce hope in the beauty of the world and its potential.
Truly a decolonial memoir, Lawson's observations of the world are spiritual, poignant, and think towards a better, more tangible future that is here and now.
Lawson's writing is reverent of the world and those they interact with. With every sentence, the growth that Lawson themselves has experiences is honored. There is great humility and gratitude in their writing, and even in their darkest moments, a fierce hope in the beauty of the world and its potential.
Truly a decolonial memoir, Lawson's observations of the world are spiritual, poignant, and think towards a better, more tangible future that is here and now.