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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden

8 reviews

mscalls's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

whimsicalish's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

This will encourage me to check memoirs for content warnings. That 's really on me.

But I do appreciate the honesty, even if it was difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

merldia's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A perfect book for girls who grew up with fathers but not dads, for girls who had more identity crises by 20 than most have in a lifetime, for girls who were betrayed by their families, and for girls who love their families despite all that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

 - Am I the last queer person on earth to read LONG LIVE THE TRIBE OF FATHERLESS GIRLS? Maybe. Am I glad I finally did it? My goodness, yes.
- This book is incredible. Madden is detailing some horrific events, and yet this book is so tender, both toward her younger self and her family.
- At first I wasn't sure about the vignette style of storytelling, with all the jumping around in time. I'm glad I stuck with it, though, because the way Madden's story unwinds at the end of the book is spectacular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

shewantsthediction's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

ekostbade's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

questingnotcoasting's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was a really interesting memoir. Madden reflects on her identity, her childhood and the instability of her family life in such a raw and honest way. She tells her story through essays and fragments rather than a linear narrative. I sometimes wasn't completely sure where a chapter was going but the writing is fantastic and always kept me hooked. While I tend to prefer memoirs with a more traditionally cohesive narrative, the conclusion of this was really powerful and brought the rest of it together for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent