A review by millibee
Root and Branch: Essays on Inheritance by Eda Gunaydin

5.0

From the very first line, I had a grip on who this wonderful writer was and that I was in safe hands with her accessible style. Root and Branch is a multi-faceted and personal look at 'the materiality of living' through the experience of being a second-generation Turkish woman in Sydney. Eda Gunaydin taps into themes of family, culture, food, diet culture, sexuality, class, ethnicity and gender.

I felt both enlightened and vindicated by just how relatable some of these essays are. Gunaydin's writing is both raw and funny at times, as well as being informative and encouraging of the reader to be a better critical thinker.
I found myself giggling when particular memes or Twitter posts were mentioned and the healthy balance of cynicism and romanticisation of one's own day-to-day felt entirely familiar. I can't wait to give Root and Branch a
second read and possibly a third, because I don't think I can put it down, even now.