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A review by andrea_lachance
The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
My extremely biased review of this book
I grew up and currently live in Arkansas. I checked out this book from the county library and Monica Potts signed the copy. The Forgotten Girls is a perfect encapsulation of the frustrations of growing up in a southern town.
I was texting my friend as I read; we’re both from Arkansas and went to college here. I marveled with her about how atrocious the schooling was in Clinton. If we’d been born a decade later and 100 miles south, we would’ve been taught that women have an extra layer of fat on their bodies and that’s why they tolerate hot dishwater better than men.
This book really resonated with me, even if the ending felt a bit rushed. I hope Darci is slowly building a boring, stable life for herself.
I’ll be thinking about this book for a long time.
I grew up and currently live in Arkansas. I checked out this book from the county library and Monica Potts signed the copy. The Forgotten Girls is a perfect encapsulation of the frustrations of growing up in a southern town.
I was texting my friend as I read; we’re both from Arkansas and went to college here. I marveled with her about how atrocious the schooling was in Clinton. If we’d been born a decade later and 100 miles south, we would’ve been taught that women have an extra layer of fat on their bodies and that’s why they tolerate hot dishwater better than men.
This book really resonated with me, even if the ending felt a bit rushed. I hope Darci is slowly building a boring, stable life for herself.
I’ll be thinking about this book for a long time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Abandonment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts