artandwhimsy 's review for:

The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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My policy for reading memoirs on trauma is to not give a rating. Review, yes. “Rating” how and what someone shares about themselves? No. 

So my thoughts? Leaving aside my personal experiences that ring familiar with the rhetoric, I applaud Shari for her bravery, poignant decision-making, and vulnerability in reclaiming her voice. 

Shari touches on the subject of physical and mental abuse; the dangers of family vloggers; what it means to have a fawn response living with a narcissist; her defining her own identity and power. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment