What My Mother And I Don't Talk About (A Book Review)

 

 I saw this book on my Instagram explore page; the fuchsia pink cover, and the title left me intrigued. I checked what the book was about and instantly added it to my library on my Books app.

I was on the first page of introduction and I instantly knew that I want to get the physical one and keep it to myself, and reread it from time to time.

It is a compilation works of fifteen writers which tell us about their mother.

Certain stories weren’t impactful enough, I mean, that’s normal, not the story of everyone’s life will intrigue us but there’s always something to learn from them. It could be because the writings were too short or stopped right before it got spicy. Writing the stories of our life, specifically about the relationship between us and our mother, that couldn’t be easy as we imagined.

I cried so much reading Nothing Left Unsaid by Julianna Baggott. I know it wasn’t specifically that sad but there were certain parts that I find triggering.

The most heartbreaking one to me was Her Body / My Body by Nayomi Munaweera. The one that got me with happy tears was Are You Listening? by Andre Aciman. I squealed the other day when I saw someone on Instagram story reading his book.

Reading Thesmophoria by Melissa Febos left me slightly confused.

I also loved My Mother’s (Gate) Keeper’s by Cathi Hanauer, Fifteen by Bernice L. McFadden, 16 Minetta Lane by Dylan Landis and I Met Fear on the Hill by Leslie Jamison.

And I know these favorites might change over time as my preferences and focus change.