Author: Terese Marie Mailhot
Published: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 143
Rating: 2/5
Summary:
In this memoir, Mailhot explores her childhood growing up in an Indian reservation in Canada, her own identity as a mother and woman and her struggles with her mental health.
Review:
I had heard so many wonderful things about this book and seeing as I love reading memoirs by women, I was sure I was going to love it. I think my high expectations may have gotten the better of me, because I just didn't.
I do think this book has some great things in it; I really liked reading about the authors relationship with her mother and her own struggles as a mother, and I think mental health is discusses in an honest and raw way.
I struggled so much with the writing though. I think I'm just the type of reader that likes a more traditional format when it comes to memoirs, whereas this is experimental, non-linear and a bit up in the air. I felt like there was so much I didn't understand, so much that was left in between the lines and I just didn't get it. The story felt disjointed and it felt, to me, incomplete.
I do think there are people who will absolutely love this, but it just wasn't for me.
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