Complex family dynamics from "summary" of Heavy by Kiese Laymon
In the world we grew up in, there was no such thing as a simple family dynamic. Every one of us was fighting to survive the madness that we called home. From the outside looking in, you might have thought that we were a typical family, but you would have been dead wrong. Our family was a battlefield, and we were all soldiers in a war that never seemed to end. My mother was the general of our family, always barking out orders and expecting us to fall in line. She was a force to be reckoned with, and we all lived in fear of her wrath. My father, on the other hand, was more of a foot soldier, always doing his best to keep the peace and avoid confrontation. He was a quiet man, but his silence spoke volumes about the pain that he carried with him. Growing up in a household like ours, you learned pretty quickly how to navigate the minefield of emotions that surrounded you. You had to tiptoe ar...
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