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A review by aimiller
What God Is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color by Kao Kalia Yang, Shannon Gibney
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
This was a really beautiful and moving collection, though also obviously emotionally difficult and sometimes intense. The diversity of experiences--not just racial, obviously, but also feelings about the miscarriage and infant loss--I think also contributed to the power of the collection. It's clearly not the same story over and over.
It's also obviously an insight into the gap between medical knowledge and information and the way that people process their miscarriages. I think it could be really instructive for medical providers to read this and see the way that their reactions are perceived by patients, and understand how that's taken (in addition to the way that racism clearly impacts how patients of color, especially women of color and Native women, are treated by medical providers.)
It's also obviously an insight into the gap between medical knowledge and information and the way that people process their miscarriages. I think it could be really instructive for medical providers to read this and see the way that their reactions are perceived by patients, and understand how that's taken (in addition to the way that racism clearly impacts how patients of color, especially women of color and Native women, are treated by medical providers.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage