A review by mhadfield
Jell-O Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom

5.0

This book isn’t so much about jello-o, it’s more about how a mother and daughter processed their own grief and trauma. This book wrecked me, in a good way. Watching my own mother slowly die from a terminal disease in my twenties has allowed this book to resonate with me in a way that it won’t with others. It was a relief to read Allie’s story and know that the way I feel experiencing something as isolating as watching a parent die is felt the same way by someone else. I know that no two experiences are the same but this story made me feel like I’m not alone during mine. I do hope that the author knows that I wish she had a book like this when her mother was ill and that her story is helping others.