A review by desirosie
fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science by Lucia Greenhouse

4.0

A quick and interesting read. I enjoyed the author’s style and open self-reflection. The first part about her childhood was well-done, the vignettes setting the stage for the central focus: her mother’s illness and death. That was, unsurprisingly, difficult for me. Although completely different situations, there are subtle similarities in the what-ifs and lack of access to care that could have altered the course of my mother’s life, as well as my own and that of the rest of my family.

The last part, an extended epilogue of sorts specifically talks about the need to reconcile the writing of the book and the author’s need to tell her story while managing relationships with her family who had their own stories.