A review by iampotassium
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston

3.0

It makes sense why this book is considered a game changer, and why it’s mentioned whenever people talk about memoir. Beautiful, unflinching storytelling. Though some things seem a little dated now.

This book is divided into 5 parts. I loved No Name Woman and At the Western Palace the best, followed shortly by Shaman.

There were parts of A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe that were so real and honest, I felt like I had to look away. But obviously I couldn’t because then I couldn’t keep reading.

I loved all the “ghosts” and the ghosts.