A review by marisa9459
Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is so beautiful and painful. I think Ashley does a beautiful job of getting at the nuance and grayness that exists in life & the pain & happiness that comes along with it. I really related to the claustrophobia of home, and the sometimes wonderful but sometimes painful and bad parts of a mother-daughter relationship where there is love but also hurt & trying to make peace with that while continuing to grow. I also really related to the intense need to leave home, but the fear that I didn't have a place in the community (being family or a wider community) but the need and importance of finding my own way. I also related to the fear of something happening to your body being your fault because of how girls were raised and expected to control and prevent the violence boys and men commit against their bodies and the shame that comes with it when that happens. It made me think of the chapter called #Fasttailed girls in Hood feminism and how WOC bodies are over-sexualized and that is blamed on them. 
The way Ashley describes relationships and how the good and bad exists at once is truly beautiful. 
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