A review by deannareadsandsleeps
The Mothers by Brit Bennett

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

“She had never said it out loud before. There was something freeing and admitting that you had been loved less. She might have gone her whole life not knowing, thinking that she was enjoying a feast when she had actually been picking at another’s crumbs.“

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What a beautifully written, tragic parallel between these two women’s lives. Brit Bennett has wowed me twice, now.

I have a lot of thoughts, particularly pertaining to the church culture, as I have been in church my whole life, but thing about this book that I believe will stick with me the most is the startling lack of empathy. How painful.
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