jw2869 's review for:

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey

5.0

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This book was devastating and masterfully written. You can tell that this is the book that Natasha had to write. The one that all her other work was writing on the edge of. She writes in a way that gives a wholeness to her mother their life together. It helps you understand why she stayed and brings a full picture to the ongoing terror she experienced. The last third of the book was really tough to read as more of her mother's writing and the phone transcripts take center stage. As someone who has experienced abuse in childhood and adulthood this book LAID ME OUT. I could relate to so much, especially the challenges with the intentional and unintentional loss of memory due to trauma. I really resonated with Trethewey's realization that you can run from the past, but the body always returns.