ziggybooks 's review for:

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

emotional reflective fast-paced

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No one puts their children in a boat, unless the water is safer than the land.

A very deep and detailed dive into the life of a woman, a daughter, a refugee and her close ones. 

The poems act more like a diary, a storyline. I found a quite accurate description of the hardships and the intricacies of a woman's life, specially WOC. 

Spectacular in its own way.

(...) your cheeks soften, teeth sink back into gums.

I can make us loved, just say the word.

Give them stumps for hands if even once they touched us without consent