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Evie

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As you begin to read this book you suddenly realise that it’s going to be a very raw, honest and open book.
It’s heartbreaking and soul destroying the abuse that she suffered. It was horrific.
However as I came to the end of the book one question kept coming back to ththe for front of my mind...... was this book an autobiography or a work of fiction.
I’d be interested to hear other readers point of view.

Thank you to both NetGalley and Dog Ear Publishing for my eARC in exchange for my honest unbiased review

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I thought this book was good, and told the girl's life story in a realistic way. It was sad to see the abuse she was receiving from her mother as well as her father, and must have been hard growing up under that cloud of mental illness.

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I thought this book was good, and told the girl's life story in a realistic way. It was sad to see the abuse she was receiving from her mother as well as her father, and must have been hard growing up under that cloud of mental illness.

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I don’t read a lot of memoirs so I didn’t know what to expect from Evie.

What I found turned out to be a raw, honest, heartbreaking piece of identity from a woman who took myriad, messy pieces life handed to her, weaving them into a tapestry of strength and self love.

Though it’s a tough read in parts (as most personal stories are), it was well worth the read. My social worker heart was fluttering from beginning to end, thanks to the books volley from domestic violence to racism to self-discovery.

Geneva Lemon has a clear cut and succinct way of writing the most horrible and most beautiful moments, turning pain and loss into art.

I’m honestly surprised that the book, itself, was so short as there is quite a full life tucked into its pages.

I live my life, personally and professionally, listening to the hardest parts of people’s stories. There is something healing for both the teller and the listener, when the tough stuff is shared. This book was no different and I’m grateful for that.

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I just don't understand this book. If it's truly an autobiography, then it should remain private because it's not well-written. It reads like a short diary of prolific sex and abuse.

It is too short to publish as a book. I hope it was cathartic for the author, but I finished the book kind of angry with her. She seems so pleased with herself because she's broken free of Tommy and gone to school and become a lawyer, but she has numerous children that she's neglected. She herself states that her priorities are 1) God, 2) Me, 3) Kids. That's incredibly selfish and misguided. There's too much sex in this book and a lot of narcissism. And it's not even well-written or self-deprecating.

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I struggled to figure out whether or not this is *actually* an autobiography. If it is a work of fiction then I found the title a little confusing and misleading. If it is, indeed, autobiographical, then I found it a bit too much of a short read. The book touches on a variety of themes including racism, domestic abuse and mental health. I think, because the book is so short, that there’s a lot we are not told which leaves the story feeling disjointed in places and lacking in depth. As an autobiography, if the writing process has been cathartic for the author then clearly that’s a job worth doing and I don’t doubt that many will relate, I just would have liked to see a bit more.

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