A review by onceandfuturereads
The Mother I Carry: A Memoir of Healing from Emotional Abuse by Louise M. Wisechild

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

While her sophomore memoir didn't wow me like her first, I appreciate Wisechild's using the same storytelling approach in this one - it was nice to see her "inner family" further mature and add more voices. 
"I have a sharp and ancient longing to have what I did not have. I want a mother who picks me up and feels happy. I want a mother who's doing it because she wants to, not because she was supposed to. I want a mother who likes me and is glad I was born." 
Wisechild's journey through her trauma inspires me on so many levels. 
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