It took me four different tries to get past the first four pages. No joke. Because of Elmaz’s cry to start reading Ake early (I believe she gave this same sinister warning for Places and Memory for Forgetfulness . . . need I say more?) I plopped myself down at an outdoor Peet’s coffee shop [...]
Posts Tagged ‘childhood’
All in perspective
Posted in Ake the Years of Childhood, tagged Ake, childhood on April 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
apple trees & backyard singing
Posted in Soldier, tagged apple tree, blood, childhood, gender, hands, menstruation, nursery rhyme, trauma on March 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Like much of her work, Jordan has created a raw and exposed portrait of a childhood teetering on the verge of the freedom and safety of an apple tree with the reckless and demanding midnight violence of her father. The book is picked to the bare expression and choice [...]
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