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A review by ericachin5
Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education by Stephanie Land
2.0
Ooof, I wondered if i would finish this book.
The story is inspiring, I get it. But I think a big difference between my reaction to this book and my reaction to Educated (which I loved) is that yes already the cards were stacked against her and yes, that’s important to understand and acknowledge. But I just could not get behind her choice to have another baby at the time that she did. That’s when she really lost me. Did it all work out for her? Sure. But is this an unlikely scenario for most people in her circumstance? Yes. And yes. Wanting the baby and keeping it is ultimately her choice, but man I could not see how that was helping her already difficult situation.
And again, what I heard (all the reasons she wasn’t on birth control and didn’t use a condoms) felt like excuses for carelessness.
Eek.
The story is inspiring, I get it. But I think a big difference between my reaction to this book and my reaction to Educated (which I loved) is that yes already the cards were stacked against her and yes, that’s important to understand and acknowledge. But I just could not get behind her choice to have another baby at the time that she did. That’s when she really lost me. Did it all work out for her? Sure. But is this an unlikely scenario for most people in her circumstance? Yes. And yes. Wanting the baby and keeping it is ultimately her choice, but man I could not see how that was helping her already difficult situation.
And again, what I heard (all the reasons she wasn’t on birth control and didn’t use a condoms) felt like excuses for carelessness.
Eek.