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kaynova's review against another edition
4.0
she talks vividly about her broadway days, the beginning years of her acting career, along with her love life and her personal life. she talks about her mental health, which at 2017 was still taboo especially in the black community, and how it affected her everyday life, including her career. to hear her fully embrace that she has bipolar disorder and maniac episodes after hearing how hard the journey was made me cry (sometimes i'll be in the middle of work and start sobbing, thinking how difficult it must have been to identify what's wrong with you after hearing your entire life that one thing that's wrong doesn't happen to normal, healthy people). she is blunt, lively, and direct with her approach on every harsh topic, even the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
she names names, but she's also careful with her words in a very jenifer lewis way lol. she pulls you in with her storytelling, reliving these moments with the reader, and sometimes i just had to pause whatever i was doing, so i can fully imagine the scenes. i even imagined her musical numbers (gotta love her).
she brings her own story to life and though i know it was hard to retell some of the most emotional parts of her, i'm glad she did; i feel that i'm seeing a black mother in a new light.
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent
veereads11's review
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
bee87's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, and Death of parent
dbeard84488's review
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Grief