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A review by greeneggsandsam
Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
"I've heard people describe panic as something rising up inside them. For me, panic radiates in the threads of my muscles, bangs in the back of my skull, twists my stomach, and sets my skin on fire. It doesn't rise or fall. It spreads."
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Somebody's Daughter is a memoir by Ashley C. Ford in which she describes growing up in a poor, black family with an incarcerated father and a difficult maternal relationship. She also discusses growing up in a world that sexualizes her body from a young age and how she was sexually assaulted.
This memoir was very hard to get through. It had me tearing up, and it had me full on sobbing. After chapter one, I had to sit the book down and walk away for a minute. When I came back, I finished the book in one sitting with a small break in between to eat. Ashley's story is gripping and shocking, and while I wish this memoir didn't have to exist and people didn't have to live lives like the author did, I'm glad I read it. I expected this book to be hard hitting and emotional, but I did not expect it to be told in a voice that's so relatable. I couldn't keep count of the times I cried, but the tears were plentiful. I cannot imagine how someone can go through a life like Ashley Ford did, and then write in such detail about it. I don't understand how she made it through writing this, but she did, and then she shared it with millions of people.
Ashley Ford's words are raw and real. She has a way of getting in touch with and describing how life events made her feel, and then making us as readers feel them too. I will forever commend her ability to write this memoir.
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Somebody's Daughter is a memoir by Ashley C. Ford in which she describes growing up in a poor, black family with an incarcerated father and a difficult maternal relationship. She also discusses growing up in a world that sexualizes her body from a young age and how she was sexually assaulted.
This memoir was very hard to get through. It had me tearing up, and it had me full on sobbing. After chapter one, I had to sit the book down and walk away for a minute. When I came back, I finished the book in one sitting with a small break in between to eat. Ashley's story is gripping and shocking, and while I wish this memoir didn't have to exist and people didn't have to live lives like the author did, I'm glad I read it. I expected this book to be hard hitting and emotional, but I did not expect it to be told in a voice that's so relatable. I couldn't keep count of the times I cried, but the tears were plentiful. I cannot imagine how someone can go through a life like Ashley Ford did, and then write in such detail about it. I don't understand how she made it through writing this, but she did, and then she shared it with millions of people.
Ashley Ford's words are raw and real. She has a way of getting in touch with and describing how life events made her feel, and then making us as readers feel them too. I will forever commend her ability to write this memoir.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault