What a beautiful piece. So well written. Now I want to to go back and study it for craft! I love that there were no "twigs" as Elizabeth Strout would say. Nothing extra, or indulgently literary, and yet it is so sensory. The situation of kidnapping a child is unique, but the universal power of this piece is that it captures the way most …
What a beautiful piece. So well written. Now I want to to go back and study it for craft! I love that there were no "twigs" as Elizabeth Strout would say. Nothing extra, or indulgently literary, and yet it is so sensory. The situation of kidnapping a child is unique, but the universal power of this piece is that it captures the way most any divorce creates a schism in a child. I grew up with warring and finally divorcing parents, and Sallie Reynolds captured the emotional rewiring that goes on in each person's psyche as a result. Thanks for this gift.
What a beautiful piece. So well written. Now I want to to go back and study it for craft! I love that there were no "twigs" as Elizabeth Strout would say. Nothing extra, or indulgently literary, and yet it is so sensory. The situation of kidnapping a child is unique, but the universal power of this piece is that it captures the way most any divorce creates a schism in a child. I grew up with warring and finally divorcing parents, and Sallie Reynolds captured the emotional rewiring that goes on in each person's psyche as a result. Thanks for this gift.
Wendy, thank you so much for your response. It is all I could want!
I concur 100%, and could not have said it better than Ms. Murray. You have a tremendous gift, and I hope you keep sharing your pieces with us.
wow is that ever true!