“Tell me: am I so very different from you? Admitting we are a part of each other interrupts the motion of trying to make me something else; something darker than you or dirtier than you or weaker than you or less intelligent than you. And yet, the people i have met who have fallen are not darker, or dirtier, or more weak, or less intelligent than any of us. They are us, our paths make a helix.”

Less of a singular memoir than it is a writing project inclusive of several narratives courtesy of Yuknavitch’s writing peers. I appreciated Yuknavitch’s approach to diagnosing social problems and the yearning in all of us to feel a sense of belonging to one another. It’s a good read for fans of Brené Brown who would appreciate writing with more acknowledgment of intersectionality.