laneyvonhall's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
cs_the_librarian's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.0
mercerhanau's review
5.0
Vivid and kaleidoscopic. Fascinating to move between the author’s stories of love, personal and generational trauma, her mental state before and after the break, and her road to recovery. I stumbled upon this book while looking for Dante’s Inferno and am glad I took a chance on it. (My audiobook app returned the book to the library halfway through, right as she’s describing the moment of her break from reality. Very suspenseful!) Riveting, deeply personal, and an important glimpse into the healthcare systems and postpartum traditions of different countries and cultures. It also feels important to share a narrative of a stressed mother and baby struggling to bond, as this an underrepresented experience.
kalliegrace's review
challenging
emotional
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This is an excellent memoir of being lost to psychosis after having a baby and finding the way back to self. It's also a maddening look at how ill equipped the US is to deal with mental health in new mothers. She wasn't even given a breast pump? There are so many ways to lose yourself in motherhood, but this is by far the most literal.
applesodaperson's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.25
Holy crap this makes me never want children just in case I get postpartum psychosis.
Read from the Provo library.
Read from the Provo library.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Pregnancy
abgraver97's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! This was a super-powerful memoir that linked motherhood, Korean culture and Cho's own experience of psychosis. Some of the chapters about psychosis were so well described I actually felt frightened. I admire Cho's bravery in sharing this story and experiences.