earlgreybitch 's review for:

Consent: A Memoir by Vanessa Springora

5.0

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“every now and then, a flash. a detail, here or there. i would think yes, that’s it, that’s a piece of me, between the lines, behind those words. i gathered them up. i collected them. i put myself together again. books can be excellent medicine. i’d forgotten.” the only thing that stopped my inhalation of this book was the need to pause and take a deep breath to calm my mind. it is impossible to explain the feeling of resonating this deeply with the writing of someone else, especially when what resonates is the twisting grief of a childhood stolen from you by adults who were meant to guide you safely into the world. i will keep this book close to me always.