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A review by amyb00
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
First I would double down on her content warning. I would suggest if you have secondary trauma you would skip the first section of the book. It will take far more then a therapy hour to complete and it's relentless. We know that book ends well but the section does not end in healing. Survivors often feel the need to give every detail to justify the needs, this is an example of that. I would agree with other reviews that it did almost get to the point of emotional overload. Except as it is a book and i could put it down it was my choice.
Never having an Asian American client yet knowing that that abuse is disproportionally low in the population this book was helpful. Like all memoirs it wasn't written for me it was written for her healing and to draw attention to the problem and it did just that.
I do wish it had more research but it wasn't written by a psychologist a BA or otherwise what it did have was solid and validating. The generational trauma obvious yet the disproportionate issue has always been a question so that in-self is good information.
It's not a text book, it is a little over graphic, it's not ground breaking. But it will be validating for a client, she got healing from writing, the research she has is solid, it's well written and easy to read. That's what a good memoir is.
Never having an Asian American client yet knowing that that abuse is disproportionally low in the population this book was helpful. Like all memoirs it wasn't written for me it was written for her healing and to draw attention to the problem and it did just that.
I do wish it had more research but it wasn't written by a psychologist a BA or otherwise what it did have was solid and validating. The generational trauma obvious yet the disproportionate issue has always been a question so that in-self is good information.
It's not a text book, it is a little over graphic, it's not ground breaking. But it will be validating for a client, she got healing from writing, the research she has is solid, it's well written and easy to read. That's what a good memoir is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse