nordstina's review against another edition
3.25
In her memoir Dog Flowers, Danielle Geller charts her complicated history with her family, where the perils of alcoholism and drug use run rampant, causing chaos within the family. Her mother leaves her and her sister Eileen. Both her parents are alcoholics and Eileen also begins drinking and using drugs. The move around frequently, and this memoir really is a peek into what instability, trauma, and abuse can do to a family. It's a difficult read, as individuals continue to cycle through challenges. Danielle also gets to know her mother's Navajo family better and begins to embrace her Native American culture.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism
mmingie's review against another edition
3.0
This was a good book, but it was not what I expected from the blurb. I thought it would focus more on the mother's life and family as the author traces it back. It does not do much of that, instead focusing on the daughter's journey trying to find her Navajo family while dealing with her sister and father. And then trying to accept her while family as they are while starting a different kind of life for herself. The book was bleak, but honest.
Obligatory note that I received an ARC of this book.
Obligatory note that I received an ARC of this book.