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It pains me to bail on this because I started really liking it, but at about 50% on it just felt that I was reading about other people‘s lives and not hers.

I‘d never read this author before but I‘m loving the writing just going by the first story alone 😊 (even though the subject matter was not pleasant)

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I recommended this to a friend and when she asked what it was about I had trouble coming up with just one thing and replied, “everything!â€� A memoir in essay form (which is perfection in my book!) touching on everything from abortion/pregnancy and parenthood to religion/Buddhism, depression, race, traveling abroad, writing —all intermingled with anecdotes which are in turns hilarious and sad from Sanchez‘s life.

A beautiful, moving memoir-in-essays by the author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Sánchez shares stories from growing up the child of immigrants in Chicago, but the essays that moved me most had to do with the effects of depression on her career and relationships. I always love to read positive portrayals of ECT therapy, too, because it really can be life-saving.

This is a candid look at the life and struggles faced by the author as she deal with school, men, body image, sex, mental illness, and racism. The author is the daughter of hardworking but poor undocumented Mexican immigrants and she was driven to do better and see more of the world. Told with what appears to be brutal honesty and a raunchy sense of humour, it starts a little slow, but builds to be a wonderful read. I gave it 4/5 stars.