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mondovertigo's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Pregnancy and Racism
Minor: Abortion, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts
cghegan's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Addiction, Death, Car accident, and Alcohol
Minor: Abandonment, Grief, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse
bschweig717's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Drug abuse, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Suicide, Abandonment, and Addiction
rootedreader's review against another edition
3.0
Monica Potts sets out to investigate the causes of poverty, specifically the poverty of women from rural areas of America. Overall I enjoyed this book, one of my top genres to read is investigative journalism. Though listed as memoir, my experience reading this was somewhere in the middle. Connecting several systemic issues, she describes a situation that leaves many opportunities for someone to "fall into" and stay in poverty. The memoir side of the book was a bit difficult for me. Comparing her and her best friend's life choices it came across as judgmental-towards her friend as well as the town. The last chapter or two threw me for a loop as well as (*SPOILER*) she moved back to that same town she spent the whole book criticizing.
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Drug abuse
debussy's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Death of parent, and Misogyny
Minor: Miscarriage and Physical abuse
sjanke2's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Medical content