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acdubz's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent
caseyaonso's review against another edition
4.0
reading this on a 7 am flight was a great idea i was super normal the whole time this is my review
linnlivesinbooks's review against another edition
3.0
A book with stories from 14 different authors about the things they don’t talk to their mothers about. Some stories were so good, and relevant to me. Whilst others were interesting but not so easy to relate to. Really insightful and important, how different relations with mothers can be, and how big a part the father plays in the relation between mother and child. Favorite stories were “My Mother’s (Gate) Keeper By Cathi Hanauer”, “Thesmophoria By Melissa Febos” (the writing and connection to greek mythology in this one was AMAZING), “Nothing Left Unsaid By Julianna Baggott”,
Quotes:
“Our mothers are our first homes, and that’s why we’re always trying to return to them. To know what it was like to have one place where we belonged”
“I love you past the sun and the moon and the stars,” she’d always say to me when I was little. But I just want her to love me here. Now. On Earth.”
“There is a gaping hole perhaps for all of us, where our mother does not match up with “mother” as we believe it’s meant to mean and all it’s meant to give us”
Quotes:
“Our mothers are our first homes, and that’s why we’re always trying to return to them. To know what it was like to have one place where we belonged”
“I love you past the sun and the moon and the stars,” she’d always say to me when I was little. But I just want her to love me here. Now. On Earth.”
“There is a gaping hole perhaps for all of us, where our mother does not match up with “mother” as we believe it’s meant to mean and all it’s meant to give us”