(Reviewed by Jeyran Main)
Sometimes what we lose or do not achieve in life does not necessarily set us back. We strive forward and if in fact, we fail in receiving love, given the situation, we love back more.
This is what LaTasha Braxton advises us in her moving autobiography, Dark Chains. Being abused from a young age, she endured some harsh circumstances. She was raised in a very unstable family and her mother nurtured her in a home full of drugs, alcohol, arguments and lots of yelling. Her words are strong, real and the abuse is hard to read. However, one has to face the truth that these things do happen and how it can affect a human being.
The difference this book has with many other autobiographies is the way she portrays her feelings, experience, and relationships. Each chapter of the book is dedicated to one of the people who affected her life. Speaking of dysfunctional family, unresolved affairs is not easy to express and this book truly touches your heart and may even make you shed some tears.
Her story also touches on spirituality, God, and religion. It demonstrates how the human spirit can break a cycle of abuse in order to save one from constantly being mistreated. In this sense, it could also be classified in the “self-help” genre.
I recommend Dark Chains to people who want to tap into their spiritual side and cope with their past in a constructive way.
