You don't have to say you love me / Alexie, Sherman

Memoir of writer Sherman Alexie about his complex mother, Lillian, who had a bad drinking habit and nearly destroyed her family. However, she survived her violent past and overcame her addiction, but as she started selflessly caring for strangers, young Sherman felt she had a hard time showing her children the affection they wanted.

Author Sherman Alexie traces the relationship he had with his mother up until her death, as well as the haunting ghosts of his childhood on the Spokane Indian Reservation.