A review by root
Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda

This book was likely only published under YA because many authors of color, particularly people who are perceived as women, tend to get relegated to YA by publishers. I am not 100% sure if this happened to this author but, given the material is pretty adult and clearly written with the caliber of adult poetry, it is fairly likely. 

I don't want to give this a star rating as I tend to feel bad when I don't like a memoir much (it feels like putting a rating is judging their life rather than the writing or the ideas within). But I thought I would at least say the YA piece.