How many Lucy's are there in the world, maybe not to the extreme of having a drunk father and incapable mother, but damaged nonetheless and hiding the pain from the world. It's a tough place to be.
Mitchell, I believe (or at least hope) that your wishes are met. I don't believe you've read the Prologue yet (I might be wrong) but I added that, after the fact, to rest readers' minds that this is just one bad moment after another in a clearly traumatized childhood. If and when you get a chance, go to Medium Illumination Curated (my most recent piece there) and see if the prologue helps. That would be very useful info for me.
I'm sure every person who has a drunkard for a parent has stories to tell like Lucy's, somewhere on the scale between Homer Simpson and Pap Finn.
You are so dang smart--you've got an amazing range of knowledge and have such interesting responses that stretch my thinking. Thank you, David.
So well written, Jill.
How many Lucy's are there in the world, maybe not to the extreme of having a drunk father and incapable mother, but damaged nonetheless and hiding the pain from the world. It's a tough place to be.
And also not easy to write about which is why I just finished a prologue to the book to give context and hope. Coming soon
Mitchell, I believe (or at least hope) that your wishes are met. I don't believe you've read the Prologue yet (I might be wrong) but I added that, after the fact, to rest readers' minds that this is just one bad moment after another in a clearly traumatized childhood. If and when you get a chance, go to Medium Illumination Curated (my most recent piece there) and see if the prologue helps. That would be very useful info for me.