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Well, impressions are impressions but maybe mine came too fast. What is interesting about this memoir is that, although as I previously said it helps me explore and makes sense of things and name things, it's also vastly different to my experiences or anyone that I was surrounded with. I think the element of public school in the North American christian context presents vastly different experiences, interesting!
— Jan 01, 2024 04:08PM
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M.
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Describing her mom as a "strong woman that worked hard to break through that glass ceiling and step out of traditional gender roles that "God intended""? Half the book describes to us how her dad was controlling due to religious belief and the mom stood mostly by, as he said he was "head of household". It is explained that they stopped going to church, but no deconstruction process is explained...
— Jan 01, 2024 04:11PM
M.
is on page 70 of 253
Well, impressions are impressions but maybe mine came too fast. What is interesting about this memoir is that, although as I previously said it helps me explore and makes sense of things and name things, it's also vastly different to my experiences or anyone that I was surrounded with. I think the element of public school in the North American christian context presents vastly different experiences, interesting!
— Jan 01, 2024 03:28PM
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I love memoirs. I particularly love memoirs about growing up religious because they help me make sense of my own experience while also validating the thoughts, feelings, and struggles my friends and I had. It helps me explore that. The author is magnificent at putting into words the anxiety, the dread, and the panic lived in growing up religious. Naming things is the first step towards healing.
— Jan 01, 2024 02:58PM
