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It’s a tough journey. But I feel so much more human knowing that I am not alone in that. Thank you endlessly.
Anna, you said it. For me the best thing about writing Chouette has been discovering I'm not alone. This particular experience of motherhood can feel so isolating, and so bewildering.
My kids were in their twenties when I wrote Chouette, and yet the memories of those early years were still so raw and sad that I needed to wrap the story in layers and layers of absurd exaggeration, just to be able to write it down at all. So it's wonderful to hear from you that the 'truth' of the story still came through. Thanks so much for writing.
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My kids were in their twenties when I wrote Chouette, and yet the memories of those early years were still so raw and sad that I needed to wrap the story in layers and layers of absurd exaggeration, just to be able to write it down at all. So it's wonderful to hear from you that the 'truth' of the story still came through. Thanks so much for writing.
All my literary hero admiration goes to you.