Reviews tagging 'Addiction'
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate
7 reviews
mebarney35's review
3.75
Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Drug abuse
sjanke2's review
2.25
Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Grief, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Car accident, and Child abuse
dsinocruz's review
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Rape, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Eating disorder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Alcohol
meemawreads's review against another edition
4.0
We put mothers on this pedestal… we make motherhood nearly compulsory but then dehumanize mothers so that if they’re not perfectly nurturing and perfectly selfless and perfectly content in motherhood, they’re monsters. I love the care many of these writers took to show understanding that their moms are just people, too.
I don’t recommend this book generally but specifically: read only if you’re experienced holding strangers’ pain without harm to yourself. Four taters 🥔🥔🥔🥔/🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
Graphic: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Physical abuse
belle23's review
3.5
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Mental illness
steff's review
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
livciotta's review
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship