Recovery – Reads A Lot

Addiction, Recovery and Motherhood in Lisa Harding’s “Bright Burning Things” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsDecember 8, 2021 by Ian MacAllen

[ad_1] Lisa Harding’s second novel, Bright Burning Things, follows single mother Sonya Moriarity, as she slides in the abyss of alcohol abuse, enters a recovery program, and attempts to rebuild her life. The emotional center of the novel is Sonya’s love for her son, Tommy, and her internal struggle to be the mother he needs. … Read more

Recovery and Reinvention in “Like a Bird” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsSeptember 29, 2020 by Shazia Hafiz Ramji

[ad_1] In My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies, author Resmaa Menakem challenges us to think of white supremacy as “white-body supremacy” because “every white-skinned body, no matter who inhabits it — and no matter what they think, believe, do, or say — automatically benefits from it.” In … Read more