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A review by komet2020
Acceptance: A Memoir by Emi Nietfeld
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Acceptance: A Memoir was a book I was made aware of a few weeks ago, courtesy of the widespread praise it had received in The New York Times Book Review. My curiosity was piqued and so, I borrowed the book from my local library.
This is the story of a young woman (Emi Nietfeld) who came from a very dysfunctional family (her mother was an inveterate hoarder, who while being at turns convinced of her daughter's intelligence, showed an inability to provide Emi with a healthy and secure home and unconditional love and full emotional support; Emi's father had largely absented himself from her life after divorcing her mother and coming out as trans), went through foster care, and mental health challenges. All the while what sustained Emi was her determination to gain admittance into a Ivy League school, which she believed would wholly transform her life for the better and liberate her from her past.
This is a book that everyone should read because it offers lessons on the importance of facing up to the negative impacts our upbringings may place upon each of us and overcoming their effects on ourselves as we go through life.
This is the story of a young woman (Emi Nietfeld) who came from a very dysfunctional family (her mother was an inveterate hoarder, who while being at turns convinced of her daughter's intelligence, showed an inability to provide Emi with a healthy and secure home and unconditional love and full emotional support; Emi's father had largely absented himself from her life after divorcing her mother and coming out as trans), went through foster care, and mental health challenges. All the while what sustained Emi was her determination to gain admittance into a Ivy League school, which she believed would wholly transform her life for the better and liberate her from her past.
This is a book that everyone should read because it offers lessons on the importance of facing up to the negative impacts our upbringings may place upon each of us and overcoming their effects on ourselves as we go through life.