A central question is, perhaps, how do any of us manage to navigate our family's "fractious land of love" and take from it what bits and pieces help us "out of the darkness into that shadowed light" of adulthood? Some of us are better than others at concealing the scars most of us have. Some of us leave marks - those "legacies and entailments" - in our writings that outlive us.
I feel so connected to you by reading this: the process of growing and connecting --and having a mother like yours and mine, but also how we've shared a literary history of reading and having that count for something in our live. I love this.
Thank you so much, Mary. Yes, "a literary history of reading and having that count for something in our lives" is so much of what this work is about: the developmental connection between the developing person and the reading and learning. I know, of course, that you see and understand.
What a wild ride! I had a few let-me-out-of-here moments but am grateful for the trip. It’s exhilarating to see a writer grapple with the biggest and most confounding questions.
A central question is, perhaps, how do any of us manage to navigate our family's "fractious land of love" and take from it what bits and pieces help us "out of the darkness into that shadowed light" of adulthood? Some of us are better than others at concealing the scars most of us have. Some of us leave marks - those "legacies and entailments" - in our writings that outlive us.
Scars left, marks made. Perfect, Maureen.
I feel so connected to you by reading this: the process of growing and connecting --and having a mother like yours and mine, but also how we've shared a literary history of reading and having that count for something in our live. I love this.
Thank you so much, Mary. Yes, "a literary history of reading and having that count for something in our lives" is so much of what this work is about: the developmental connection between the developing person and the reading and learning. I know, of course, that you see and understand.
What a wild ride! I had a few let-me-out-of-here moments but am grateful for the trip. It’s exhilarating to see a writer grapple with the biggest and most confounding questions.
Agree thanks for suggesting Mr. Adler, Rona.
Ha. Well put. I know what you mean! Thanks for the virtual company, Rona.
Great imagery. Subscribed.
Thank you and welcome!