untamed – Cannonball Read 17

Enjoyed it more than may come across in this review

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

March 16, 2022 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

I don’t remember when or why I added this book to my list. When I read the summary, it felt like something I should read, more than something I wanted to read. Untamed is a memoir focusing on the end of Glennon Doyle’s marriage as she meets and falls in love with a woman, and an examination of how she learned to free herself from society’s expectations for women and mothers. I mostly enjoyed this book. Certain parts really didn’t resonate with my own experiences, but […]

“What we need right now is more women who have detoxed themselves so completely from the world’s expectations that they are full of nothing but themselves. What we need are women who are full of themselves. A woman who is full of herself knows and trusts herself enough to say and do what must be done. She lets the rest burn.”

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

December 7, 2021 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

This is a book that I am talking about often, will not forget reading, and will continue talking about and recommending it loudly (though I note that I’m a little late to the game, as it came out in March 2020. Upon reflection, it’s a wonder it did so well because had I tried to read this raw emotional novel in 2020 I think I might have gone off the deep end, or ran into the woods never to return). As I was saying, I’m […]

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