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A review by jammmbi
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Deep, reflective, and tough to process but something I’m glad I read. I went on an emotional and reflective journey reading this memoir, and it had me taking a moment to reflect on my own relationships with trauma, with grief, with shame, with pain, and brutal honesty with myself.
Quotes that stick with me:
“If transgressions were all bad, people wouldn’t do them. Do you consider me a transgression?”
“Feel culpable in my insanity because you are partly to blame.”
“At thirty-two, I was a child, a victim of something.”
“The right love is an adhesive.”
“I am not too ugly for this world.”
“This story is yours, culprit of my pain. Which one of us is asking for mercy?”
Quotes that stick with me:
“If transgressions were all bad, people wouldn’t do them. Do you consider me a transgression?”
“Feel culpable in my insanity because you are partly to blame.”
“At thirty-two, I was a child, a victim of something.”
“The right love is an adhesive.”
“I am not too ugly for this world.”
“This story is yours, culprit of my pain. Which one of us is asking for mercy?”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment