A review by huldasif
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I learned a lot from this book, even with my degree in psychology and my own past trauma and recovery. It was very well written and researched, but also heavy and emotionally draining. It's divided up into five parts and I found that I needed to take good breaks between those parts, and sometimes more often too, for my own well-being, so it took me a long time to finish. I cried with the author and I laughed with the author and I got really angry too. All of the emotions! However, I really appreciated this work and it's not just an extraordinarily well written memoir, it's also something you can use for reference, because she doesn't just say something and demand that you believe her, she cites research and gives all of these sources so you can then look it up yourself. I really appreciated the effort and good, hard work that went into this book. So well done!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Grief