zasobel 's review for:

In My Mother's Hands by Biff Ward

4.0

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Gripping and complicated. I'm learning about memoir at the moment and we often talk about how even if you're writing about difficult experiences with someone, if you love them, that will come through. Love comes through this book in many complex ways, but above all towards the author's father, who is the backbone of this story in a hugely relieving way. You can't talk about mothers without talking about fathers, and this is a great example of that.