Hi y’all, I’m grateful to you for following along in these times of inundation. I still enjoy jotting down informal thoughts in a place where I’m not coming into your inbox, and I’ve been blogging again occasionally. Two new posts: Writing About Abuse is Not Abuse
I finished reading Ancestor Trouble yesterday. I will tell you, it was a tough read for me though that is not your fault. So much to ponder. I have a daughter-in-law who gives me endless trouble but I try to understand that she is mixed, that she was given up at birth by her white mother, that it took her decades to find her birth parents; then she had a whole new set of problems. Then so did I!
Also I am writing a book, except for when I am not, about my life and how the literature from every year I have lived informed what I lived through as it informed the culture in which I was raised. It often feels impossible, so your book meant so much to me in terms of how to navigate my own.
I will be posting a review of Ancestor Trouble on Goodreads within the next couple weeks. It will be truthful though not in any way negative. Thank you for what you offered in Ancestor Trouble.
I finished reading Ancestor Trouble yesterday. I will tell you, it was a tough read for me though that is not your fault. So much to ponder. I have a daughter-in-law who gives me endless trouble but I try to understand that she is mixed, that she was given up at birth by her white mother, that it took her decades to find her birth parents; then she had a whole new set of problems. Then so did I!
Also I am writing a book, except for when I am not, about my life and how the literature from every year I have lived informed what I lived through as it informed the culture in which I was raised. It often feels impossible, so your book meant so much to me in terms of how to navigate my own.
I will be posting a review of Ancestor Trouble on Goodreads within the next couple weeks. It will be truthful though not in any way negative. Thank you for what you offered in Ancestor Trouble.