A review by gnosila
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, by Alicia Elliott
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
In this series of essays, Elliot fluidly blends memoir with data to discuss her experiences with mental health, abuse, and poverty in the context of the systemic abuse and genocide perpetrated against indigenous people in the US and Canada. The essays are both thought-provoking and informative.
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Rape
Minor: Addiction and Suicide