I finished this a little while, ago, just haven't had the time to post about it. I saw something on social media about the movie that's coming out and saw that it was based on a book. A memoir, no less. So, naturally, I had to check it out. I waited for over 100 people who had the same thoughts to take their turn before I got mine.
It was quite the emotional book. This woman... I'm amazed at what she survived. I also think she survived because of what she survived. Her upbringing and childhood circumstances made her strong... she had to be. Her brother and sisters, too.
I wanted to slap her parents. At times I wanted to downright kick them in the head. I was at times outraged at what they allowed their children to experience and their reaction (or lack thereof) to things they faced. Unbelievable. That was the word I often found myself vocally uttering while closing the book to digest what I just read. Simply unbelievable. I couldn't believe that this really happened, that it happened when it did, and that it likely still happens for others. It seems unfathomable, to me.
I want to write to this author and tell her my heart was with her on her journey, though I knew nothing about it at the time.
It helped me see the things we often take for granted. I complain about my big house being too hard to keep clean. I complain about having to spend hours meal planning, list making, grocery shopping, cooking. I complain about neverending laundry. I complain about having to make my kids' lunches every morning. I complain about having to pay for water or electricity or gas prices. This book makes one grateful for all of those things. Every time my kids complain about what I make for dinner, I'm reading them this book.
I highly recommend it. It's quite good.
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