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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden
7 reviews
mscalls's review
3.0
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
jkneebone's review
3.5
The out-of-wedlock daughter of a Chinese Hawaiian mother and a white Jewish father, Madden's parents married when she was young. Her father's family was very wealthy, so Madden grew up riding horses and going to prep school, but she was bullied for her race and her awkwardness. Both her parents struggled with substance abuse, which only got worse as she grew older; at the same time, her father's family/business partners were involved in a major scandal. Her tween and teen years were largely unsupervised and she got into plenty of bad situations herself before moving to New York for college.
The last few sections of the book cover her adulthood, as she forms a relationship with the older half-brothers from her father's first marriage, and discovers more about both of her parents' histories following her father's death.
I found Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls to be a difficult read because so much of what happened to Madden as a child is really upsetting. The honesty of the memoir was striking, but it felt like digesting a long string of terrible facts without any emotions or framing. We don't get much about how T Kira Madden felt during or about all of these things - everything is presented in a very pared-back, straightforward way, perhaps because she was a child at the time and didn't know better or understand why she should be upset? But I wish we had gotten more of an insight into her thoughts.
It's especially jarring because towards the end, when we actually get a bit more of her reactions to things (as an adult), it's clear that she really loves both of her parents, and it's hard to reconcile how she was able to forgive them for their neglect and go on to have a healthy relationship with them as an adult. She goes from not understanding her parents substance abuse, or at most being resigned/blandly disappointed by it, to loving them as an adult; it felt like we skipped over the anger, disappointment, hurt etc. that surely must have been part of her aging process.
This book gets a 3.5 instead of a 3 from me because I thought it was well written, and I really did enjoy the last Part, when we learn more about her family history.
To be honest, I might not have finished this if I weren't reading it for a book club, but I'm glad I did. I feel like my reaction to it might partially be me missing the point or being unwilling to internalize just how dangerous some parents can be. It was well written but I wish I'd gotten more of the author's feelings and reactions throughout the story. A challenging read because of the content, but probably worth picking up if you like less traditional formatting and/or memoirs.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent
Moderate: Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual harassment
1quillb's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Body shaming, Xenophobia, Vomit, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Minor: Ableism and Body shaming
hi_world_101's review
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Homophobia
mallorypen's review
3.0
However, I did like the stylistic choices of how the story was told. Each chapter/section felt like a mini-essay; the book as a whole was a collection of memories, told much in the way I remember things from my own life, as their own beats that don’t need to be connected to the memories around them to make one cohesive story.
Overall, I didn’t enjoy this book - it was too painful for that. But I connected with the author and her story in a real way, and all I want is to give her a big hug and hope she feels included and loved exactly where she is now.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
horizonous's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
◦ Alcohol = inlc. underage drinking◦ Sexual assault = especially in the chapter "The Feels of Love"