Sonya is an alcoholic, she is doing her best to raise her young son while trying to suppress the truth of her own childhood. The writing is evocative and gives you a real glimpse into the internal battle of mental illness and addiction. It’s so easy to both hate Sonya and empathize with her. Life is overwhelming and not all of us have the same coping mechanisms. Sonya is surrounded by men who are trying to force her to act as they want, and while they are apparently trying to do what they think is best for her, it is hard to watch. Sonya is quite childish which makes her a terrible mother and yet a great one. Add the alcohol and things get quite dangerous.
I feel like this one is one that’s hard to rate. It’s important to read stories like this to try to understand but it is quite hard to spend much time with these characters. The audio was immersive (although I can’t imagine anyone would listen to this one on 1x speed it was quite slow – at 2x speed it moved at a frantic pace that helped me feel the story better). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks to LibroFM for access to this one via their ALC program. All opinions above are my own.
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