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fanchera's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism and Dementia
cjamison0151's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Self harm
Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Abandonment
smalika's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Dementia, and Abandonment
atiek's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Moderate: Grief
e_fensterle's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Dementia, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
thebookishbrewbabe's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment
Minor: Domestic abuse and Suicidal thoughts
spazzaferro's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
readingwithcats's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual assault
bookphile's review against another edition
CW: smoking, child neglect, mental illness, swearing
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Enjoyed this story overall. It was interesting and well written.
However, I feel like the author - possibility deliberately - never really went into too much detail about a single topic, so even after reading a whole book about her childhood and teenage years I feel like I don't know much about her. I understand in part it's because she probably doesn't want to talk too much about certain topics. She'll sort of mention those things of hand and then move on to a completely different and light hearted topic. She does mention that her mother's boyfriend used to beat her and molested her frequently, but she doesn't talk about it afterwards. She does this a lot, she drops information about something terrible that happened and then not really talk about, at least not directly. For example, she does talk later on about severely depressed and suicidal as a teenager, which you can guess happens because of all the compounded trauma that she never got to deal with or even discuss with anyone.
Also, this is not me saying she should have gone into detail discussing these things. Nor did I wish for her to go into graphic detail. It's just sometimes I felt frustrated at how she would state that something terrible happened without much preamble and then not discuss anything that happened afterwards.
I also wished that she would let us know what happened with her mother. Did she just stay with that asshole and raise two kids with him, or more? Did she ever know what he did to her daughter? She knew about the physical abuse, but I have to wonder if she knew he was sexually abusing her daughter to and if she had the gall to do nothing about it. I know I don't really deserve answers to these questions and Henderson doesn't have to give anyone answers. It's just something that I would have wanted more exploration on.
Overall, it was a great memoir. Heartbreaking, but also funny in a way, providing a window into her life, while still maintaining some privacy by telling us only what she wished to share and nothing more.
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Dementia, and Alcohol
remedyreads's review against another edition
5.0
The title for this memoir is perfect. I loved this. I LOVED THIS.
Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault