The House of my Mother
By Shari Frankie
A must read, 8.5/10
I have always loved reading memories, and this one is of a topic I have been passionate for a while. Family blogging and the exploration of those children, and the abuse behind the scenes. I think this is a topic, while has been picking up speed, will be an unavoidable conversation in the next 5 years.
Shari does her do diligent in this telling of her life so far. He struggle mentally, how the dynamic in the home affected her.
I really appreciate that she doesn’t want to make her much younger siblings the apart of this story. Her eldest brother is but is a consenting adult. To take a stand and do what her mother didn’t, protect them. This is mostly about her and her journey with her mother and Shari’s internal and external struggles.
She broke my heart over and over again in this memoir. Doing a great job of laying out the foundation of how her mother was not turned evil by family blogging, but it gave her a platform to create an echo chamber of Ruby’s parenting decisions. How the perception of being a good mother, having complete control, and the love and acceptance of strangers was more satisfying than love, well being, and happiness of her children.
I could say so much about her father, and how he is just to blame as the Ruby is. Absentee and complacency. He is not innocent or the savor, while his hand in decisions was limited, he didn’t try to be advocating, and followed Ruby’s orders.
It’s still so new and I don’t want to put in any spoilers but if you want to talk about this book with me message me please, I need to talk about this book.
