A review by thenovelmaura
Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I don't read many memoirs (or much nonfiction in general), but I'd been wanting to pick up Somebody's Daughter ever since I heard Ford speak on the Financial Confessions podcast. The power of her honesty and vulnerability was riveting when I listened to her speak there, and I got that same sense of connection to her via her writing here. It of course helped that she narrated her own audiobook, so I was literally being told the story of her life in her voice.

There are a lot of intense themes in this book, including sexual assault, poverty, and a complicated mother-daughter relationship. While I could never claim to understand the experience of having an incarcerated parent, as an adoptee, I found solace in Ford's reflections on a connection to a biological parent who she's never really known. This is a powerful and worthwhile read, and I'm glad to have added it to the (admittedly short) list of memoirs that I've enjoyed.
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