A review by sarah984
The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya, Elizabeth Weil

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

In a lot of ways this memoir is about being displaced, especially the dehumanization involved in being a refugee. The author does a great job of describing the feelings associated with trying to survive their situation and turns an unflinching eye on the way that this childhood experience still affects her life as an adult.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Excrement, Blood, Gun violence, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, and Vomit