Review: Tender Points

Tender Points by Amy Berkowitz
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I will disclose that I am Amy's cousin, so while this review is honest, I also know and love Amy personally.

That said, this book is magnificent. There is not one superfluous word in this book - it is short, but filled with vignettes, poems, and memories, with each word carefully chosen and the theme carefully crafted. The book is about Amy's (I suppose I should be writing "Berkowitz'" but she's Amy to me) struggle with fibromyalgia, and also about women, trauma, rape, punctuated by pop culture references.

It's an incredibly sad book, but also a brave one. Amy shares so much about her experience and her pain. I'd say that I felt like I knew her when I finished it - but that would be cheating.

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