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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
Jennifer Gauthier’s memoir, Through Her Eyes, introduces a woman raised in the north-eastern United States by parents whose marriage was shaped by alcohol and conflict; she learns self-reliance long before she understands its cost. As a teenager, she becomes a mother to her son Amir and must build a life for him while the ground under them keeps shifting. The book stays close to her interior decisions as she works to provide consistency for her child and begins to question the patterns she once accepted as fixed. Gauthier writes about how the past continues to surface in ordinary moments and how responsibility can harden into habit. The story follows her gradual effort to understand where her choices come from and what kind of future she is prepared to claim.
Through Her Eyes by Jennifer Gauthier is a heartening and incredibly honest memoir, and one in which the writing style feels like a long conversation with a friend about responsibility, especially when life refuses to cooperate. In a massive act of courage, Gauthier writes about childhood sexual abuse and later sexual violence. These are intelligently incorporated not as chapters closed by time, but as forces that continue to shape her judgment in ordinary moments. She is specific about how understanding arrives slowly and how change demands return visits to the same work. I love that she walks us through therapy as a tool used over time, and her own growth in learning how to talk to people with less harm. The memoir offers readers the wisdom of a woman who knows that healing does not announce itself. It shows up in how we live. Very highly recommended.
