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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
by T Kira Madden
I'm writing this almost two weeks after finishing it, but there are many pen notes in the book, which means I cried...a lot. T Kira Madden opens up about her upbringing and the attention she seeks as a result of her parents using. This is a story about a young girl looking for love, subjected to the darkness within others and carrying it quietly for years, the sisterhood of fatherless girls and the sexually mature and explicit things they welcome, toxic and healthy romantic relationships, parental disapproval around her sexuality, the inheritance of family trauma and a decision to move towards healing, and the grief of losing a loved one. I cried for her when she reunited with her sister, but I couldn't help but think about my sibling...what would've been if they had survived. Nonetheless, I appreciated the author's vulnerability and insight into the world of an upper-middle (if not upper completely?) class person. I probably wouldn't reread the entire book, but there are definitely certain parts that I'll think of occasionally and return to.