Inherited Hunger

A powerful memoir that punches you right in the heart. Roxane Gay writes with clarity, vulnerability, and fierce honesty. Every chapter is haunting and beautiful. One of those reads you finish... and then think about for days. Required reading.

I cannot say enough or eloquently enough about Rose Brik's poetry. It is devastating, it is raw. It is real. It is my childhood, it is my adulthood, it is me as a mother. I paint the pages with my tears and keep reading. Her second book of poetry is utterly beautiful. I could only fathom writing the way she does. She knows me to my core. All of the mother and father wounds she writes of are my own. I cannot praise her enough. I am so thankful she writes and has published not one but two literary works now. It has helped me heal reading these words. Nothing I could say could even come close to how much it helps to read these words. It is so cathartic to know I am not alone. 10/10

Let me start by saying that I typically do not dog-ear or mark books, but I did this one! Almost every page spoke to me in some way. I am going through a healing journey, and the writing in this book was so poignant, relatable, and relevant to me. It had me sobbing at times, but it truly helped me process a lot of buried emotions.

I have read a previous work and i am reading this one. Her words are so powerful and important. I just started to understand what happened to me and she helps me so much to understand my feelings. I have been writing poems for a long time and those books make me feel like my work could really help me and other people to heal. I think it could be also incredible for people who have people around them with trauma to read her work, to help them to understand how it feels. I recommended the books to my own therapist to be honest. Congrats Rose Brik, you are a strong person and you help people. Person who reads this, you are strong, i believe you and i am sure one day you’ll find a peace 🧡

This book brought me to tears. So real, so raw. Been encouraging all of my friends to read it!

Relatable and very intriguing and captivating

Poignant poetry & potent medicine for healing from the psychological wounds that remain open long after the physical body has healed. Thank you for your courage and compassion to bring this book into the world!

If you have a story to tell about your childhood (a deep story...those who have walked in the dark know what I'm talking about) you must read this. I've enjoyed Rose's work so much in this book. She gets very real, very raw, and so open and vulnerable with her readers that you feel an automatic connection to the book. I grew up with a mom who took off on me before I can remember to feed her addiction, recently passed away and still dealing with those emotions and thoughts. My father was left to raise me alone. Just me and him and he was not even 30 years old at thw time. I looked for love in the wrong ways and only pray to break as much of a cycle as possible so my daughter doesn't have to do the work I've done. This book is more than a book to me it's a story I needed to find.