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dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
5.0
I've never read anything by Warsan Shire that hasn't made me stop for a minute to catch my breath. teaching my mother how to give birth is a devastating collection of poems about surviving and remembering sexual assault, the things about womanhood we don't talk about often enough, unfaithful men, colonisation, losing your home country and being unwelcome through no fault of your own. It is beautiful, honest and heart-wrenching from beginning to end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexual content and Physical abuse
Minor: Eating disorder and Alcoholism
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