Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult by Michelle Dowd

3 reviews

marym419's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Rape

mouse42's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

I don’t read a ton of nonfiction but cults always fascinate me. I can’t help but feel for her throughout her challenging life and am glad she was able to get the help she needed to recover and share this beautiful story with us. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

chovereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

wowwowowow this book was a wild ride. if you have religious and family trauma, tread carefully. fascinating and beautifully written and well worth the read if you can tolerate it.

the writing style and timeline was a bit confusing, I will say. sometimes it would jump around and I think it was intentional but I wasn’t sure at times where we were in the story. I loved the way she wrote from the POV of her child self — very matter of fact, telling us what she thought, what she was told, not interlacing her freed adult self into the writing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Violence