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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings
5.0
This story is so important. It's like she says—she speaks for the women who can't tell their stories yet. Those still trapped and even those like me who are technically free but whose bodies are keeping the score of the abuse too fiercely for words.
Was it triggering? Yes. Was I tempted to make comparisons and be glad I didn't experience some things yet jealous about how others went? Yes. But it was well worth it, as I knew it would be. I have more hope for healing than I did before. I see a light breaking, though I don't know how long until I feel its warmth.
Thank you, Tia, for telling this story. I know too many like it. Keep telling.
Was it triggering? Yes. Was I tempted to make comparisons and be glad I didn't experience some things yet jealous about how others went? Yes. But it was well worth it, as I knew it would be. I have more hope for healing than I did before. I see a light breaking, though I don't know how long until I feel its warmth.
Thank you, Tia, for telling this story. I know too many like it. Keep telling.
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
5.0
Do I have a complete soft spot for Ruth Reichl? Yes. Was I perfectly in need of a light, bright and sparkling yet pleasantly predictable novel? Also yes. YMMV but I really enjoyed it.
You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer by Joy Marie Clarkson
3.0
Joy has chosen academia as a career, and it really shows in her recent work (her Substack, her podcast, and this book). This is a series of essays about metaphor, but essays in the British college sense i.e. prewritten lectures that are basically short research papers. It's fairly dry without much personal feeling involved, but filled with quotes from others. There is nothing wrong with this, but it doesn't make for a particularly strong or engaging book.