Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur

2 reviews

ajaggers324's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Medical trauma

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Genocide, Homophobia, Infertility, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sneaky_snake22's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

This is a book I will be revisiting for the rest of my life.  It's beautiful and inspiring, I'm not a motherhood person nor l but even I can get on board with her metaphor.  I absolutely loved this.  The content is broken up in a way to allow you to pieces the information slowly, which is great since some of it is really heavy and emotional and you need that time to breathe.  I am inspired and able to accept that there is a lot I'm heading from as I continue working to fight for racial and social justice.  That I don't have to be everything,  but simply use the gifts I have to move forward.  I needed this book.  And I like many people need it too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

She talks as a survivor and someone who works with survivors to move in and through their grief. This is a very honest and difficult book but 100% worth it.