smilesgiggle's review against another edition
5.0
This book - emotional rollercoaster. Amazing writing. One of the best memoirs I have read. Ever.
As a survivor of child abuse including sexual abuse, oh this book hit all the feels. Reading saved me as well - books, thirst for knowledge and good grades in school as a means to freedom.
This book is a love letter - not only to her younger self but to her grandmother. Breathtakingly gorgeous and emotional.
Danielle recounts her first 18 years as a forty something adult. Her mother's return to her mother's house with Danielle's older brother, pregnant belly.
Danielle's life consisted of her grandmother's house for the first few years, until her mother moved them into an apartment. Later she begins dating Luke - the man of violence and abuse.
Until finally at the age of 10, Danielle is dumped at her grandmother's; a temporary solution that became long term, granting Danielle the love, stability and safety she desperately needed.
The love, laughter, sadness, abuse.
The harsh honesty of this book.
One of the best books I've read.
As a survivor of child abuse including sexual abuse, oh this book hit all the feels. Reading saved me as well - books, thirst for knowledge and good grades in school as a means to freedom.
This book is a love letter - not only to her younger self but to her grandmother. Breathtakingly gorgeous and emotional.
Danielle recounts her first 18 years as a forty something adult. Her mother's return to her mother's house with Danielle's older brother, pregnant belly.
Danielle's life consisted of her grandmother's house for the first few years, until her mother moved them into an apartment. Later she begins dating Luke - the man of violence and abuse.
Until finally at the age of 10, Danielle is dumped at her grandmother's; a temporary solution that became long term, granting Danielle the love, stability and safety she desperately needed.
The love, laughter, sadness, abuse.
The harsh honesty of this book.
One of the best books I've read.
rita_reads_cda's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.5
Audiobook — sucks you in quickly. Delightful.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse
jbrooks124's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I've been trying to incorporate more memoirs into my reads, specifically of POC, and this one was incredible. It feels strange to call it a winner, as Henderson delves into her CSA and other trauma of being abandoned by her mother, child abuse, and neglect in favor of an abusive partner, but her writing is incredible and she paints such clear images. Her grandmother, a take-no-shit product of her time, is clearly a woman who did the best she could with the hands she was dealt, but loved Henderson in her way. I wanted the book to keep going, I wanted to hear more about grandma and grandpa and Sweetie Pie and how everything turned out for everyone. All those notes calling this heartbreaking and hilarious are dead on.
sarahmareacarr's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5