(CWs at end of review (its short) ♡)

this is gorgeously written and absolutely heartbreaking & amazing. if you like memoirs about individuals, their families, & their homelands history, intertwined? read this.

CW: abandonment, adult/minor relationship, abortion, classism, colonialism, sexual assault (against adults & children/teens), abuse (emotional & physical), grief, trauma, chronic illness, death, war, violence, suicide, police brutality, bullying, self harm, body/fat shaming, sexism/misogyny, blood, alcohol/drug use, gaslighting, forced confinement