A Thousand Small Cuts

A Thousand Small Cuts is a raw, devastatingly honest memoir-in-verse by Kyra Krueger. Through powerful and poignant poetry, Kyra chronicles her harrowing experience growing up as the primary caretaker for an emotionally abusive, unpredictable mother. Stripped of her childhood and forced to carry the crushing weight of her mother’s pain, Kyra must navigate a quiet warzone at home where survival means silence, invisibility, and hiding her own breaking point. It is a story of profound grief, the struggle to find one’s voice, and the painful journey toward realizing that love shouldn't require you to bleed.