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itsgariele 's review for:
Heart Berries
by Terese Marie Mailhot
If you’re looking for an exposé into the lives of Native women or an exploitation of life on a reservation, kindly look elsewhere. What you’ll find here is a story of perseverance and bravery from a woman who had the odds stacked against her but found freedom in vulnerability. Even when her life was a certifiable mess, she seemed graceful and beautiful to me.
The book begins with Terese Marie Mailhot as an adult and slowly reveals pieces of her childhood and past experiences. Poignant, poetic... the first few pages felt like I was “reading between the lines” to try to place myself in the plot, but with time the story became more transparent and easy to follow.
I appreciated how Mailhot did not rest on cliches or societal assumptions, and instead found her own unique voice. This line in particular stood out to me: “As an Indian woman, I resist the urge to bleed out on a page, to impart the story of my drunken father...” We have enough stereotypes in this world and I am happy Mailhot chose to write this book for herself, firstly.
The book begins with Terese Marie Mailhot as an adult and slowly reveals pieces of her childhood and past experiences. Poignant, poetic... the first few pages felt like I was “reading between the lines” to try to place myself in the plot, but with time the story became more transparent and easy to follow.
I appreciated how Mailhot did not rest on cliches or societal assumptions, and instead found her own unique voice. This line in particular stood out to me: “As an Indian woman, I resist the urge to bleed out on a page, to impart the story of my drunken father...” We have enough stereotypes in this world and I am happy Mailhot chose to write this book for herself, firstly.