A review by crystallyn
The Body Papers: A Memoir by Grace Talusan

5.0

Beautifully and emotionally wrought, The Body Papers gives us a unique insight into the life of Talusan, a Filipino immigrant. It's a story of a woman living between countries, wrestling with the memories of harrowing sexual abuse at the hands of a family member, and the devastating track record of cancer in the family. These are heavy issues, but Talusan shares her story with unusual clarity of insight, in passages that fill the reader with something indescribable, leaving you unable to tear your eyes away from the page.