The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar

The Mother Wound

Amani Haydar

352 pages first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

Amani Haydar suffered the unimaginable when she lost her mother in a brutal act of domestic violence perpetrated by her father. Five months pregnant at the time, her own perception of how she wanted to mother (and how she had mothered) was shaped ...

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Moods

emotional 92%
challenging 75%
sad 66%
reflective 64%
informative 59%
dark 44%
inspiring 30%
hopeful 20%
tense 8%
adventurous 1%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

medium 80%
slow 15%
fast 4%

Average rating

4.65

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