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A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
This book is a good mix of memoir and history and stats on indigenous people in Canada and the US. The author describes growing up with a bipolar mother in precarious environments and how their suroundings influenced their behavior.
The author doesn't tell the reader what to do or think. She rather observes what happens and what doesn't happen. What gets said and what doesn't and thus encourages readers to self-reflect on their own behavior
The author doesn't tell the reader what to do or think. She rather observes what happens and what doesn't happen. What gets said and what doesn't and thus encourages readers to self-reflect on their own behavior
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Deportation
Minor: Police brutality