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A review by ehmannky
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Trethewey uses this book to explore the winding path of her childhood to her mother's murder at the hands of an abusive ex-husband. It's a heavy book, dealing heavily with spousal abuse and grief. Trethewey explores these relationships in innovative and poetic ways. I did not love the word-for-word translation of her mother's and stepfather's phone calls, but other than that everything was heartbreaking to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse