RaveZYZZYVAAt once gut-wrenching and heartwarming, Somebody’s Daughter is a story about finding oneself outside of a family unit that hurts and wrongs yet loves with a fiery passion ... Ford writes with stunning imagery and hard-earned wisdom, packing punches into painfully beautiful lines that linger with the reader. In her struggle to understand her family, herself, and her experiences, she shows us how to do the same. Though the events that unfold might be unfamiliar to readers, the emotions she so vividly communicates prove recognizable. She portrays depression and anxiety, trauma and dissociation, and love and loss with such specificity that anyone should be able to see some part of themselves in her writing ... At its core, Ford’s memoir is a story about love, with the overarching lesson that \'there are about a million ways to love and be loved by another person.\' It is a love letter to those who have made her who she is—for better or for worse.
Ethel Rohan
PositiveZYZZYVAIn a book that explores connections between people, the exploration of the termination of said connections is also crucial. Rohan shoulders this requisite with ease and grace, painting moving narratives of loss ... Rohan expertly draws meaning out of the interactions, as well as the distances, between her characters ... Rohan is a master of building people, forging bonds between them, and then severing them all at once ... Each of Rohan’s stories culminate in sentences that leave just enough questions but provide thematic closure, and maybe this is why she is so good at writing about endings.
