Finally I am catching up with the last few episodes of your achingly beautiful memoir Emma. It just keeps getting better even as it gets more painful to read. And it is so brave and vital to write it all down, stare it in the face (with laser precision, humanity and - blimey - humour). And to share it with us. And my goodness for those of us who came home from school every day .. well, we need to know.
The trouble is I find it so very hard to read. Because it rings so Beastly True. It is unbelievable that this world is still being inhabited by small children of today.
Yes, the question that lingers in my mind with each reading and the intense complex layers of family and some things we know as well as some things we will never know. What I know from reading about your little writing case in your blue suitcase, is that you area beautiful writer and you are writing a story that I believe needs to be told, along with others that I have no doubt are filled with joy.
Thank you, Dawn. It keeps me going knowing that readers think it’s a story that should be told. And thank you for your optimism re future writing with joy. I’m looking forward to that!
Yes, and I think sometimes what is perceived to be the development of resilience in a child can actually be the development of dissemblance.
So well put. I’ll remember your phrasing. Thank you, Melissa.
Finally I am catching up with the last few episodes of your achingly beautiful memoir Emma. It just keeps getting better even as it gets more painful to read. And it is so brave and vital to write it all down, stare it in the face (with laser precision, humanity and - blimey - humour). And to share it with us. And my goodness for those of us who came home from school every day .. well, we need to know.
Thank you, Melissa. This kind of reader support and observation really helps to keep me going!
The trouble is I find it so very hard to read. Because it rings so Beastly True. It is unbelievable that this world is still being inhabited by small children of today.
Yes, the question that lingers in my mind with each reading and the intense complex layers of family and some things we know as well as some things we will never know. What I know from reading about your little writing case in your blue suitcase, is that you area beautiful writer and you are writing a story that I believe needs to be told, along with others that I have no doubt are filled with joy.
Thank you, Dawn. It keeps me going knowing that readers think it’s a story that should be told. And thank you for your optimism re future writing with joy. I’m looking forward to that!
Cor blimey Emma, you've done it again. So good. So painful!
Thank you, Ruby. Painful, yes, but the excavation process seems to be moving me forward.