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Where Am I Now? True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson
10 reviews
stellahadz's review against another edition
4.0
This isn't the story of Mara Wilson's life told chronologically as memoirs tend to be. It's more a collection of essays, organized thematically, telling stories from different periods in her life. She's a great writer, and she comes across as an intelligent, introspective person who knows herself well, which is refreshing in a world that wants desperately to label and define women instead of letting them define themselves.
Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
linnylionheart's review
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Alcohol
lonelyeyesonly's review
4.5
Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent
natalie_davies's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent
beklovesbooks's review
2.0
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
Lots of references to masturbation, fetishes, puberty, normalizing pornographyconspystery's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Death of parent
lowkeymarie's review
3.75
Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide
backpackfullofbooks's review
5.0
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Mental illness, and Death of parent
ianders's review
4.0
Mara Wilson's book turned out to be a good insight into what dealing with OCD is like. Obviously, Mara doesn't speak in the name of every person who has OCD and your mileage may vary, but still when you don't know much about the disorder I figure raeding the testimony of someone who does is a good start. Mara doesn't only talk about OCD of course; she talks about her family life, her time in Hollywood, her experience with grief and the loss of her mother, growing up as a sort-of celebrity, etc. However, OCD informed, and in some ways was shaped by, her life experiences. And although I don't have OCD, I related to her on the basis of dealing with mental health issues and neurodivergence myself.
Biographies doesn't make you Know or Understand a person fully, but some of them help to humanize people who, a lot of the time, aren't thought of as people on the same level as the everyday man, woman and others. I feel Mara Wilson is one of those people who has been relagated to "that girl who was in Matilda" and that short-take sometimes make people feel entitled or make them act rudely. So reading her bio gave me perspective, and I'm glad for that even though she is someone I barely know of.
Graphic: Mental illness and Death of parent