Writing into the Hard Places

my first chapter about appetite

Dear readers, thank you for your patience. I have finished the first chapter of The Body of My Mother. Would love your reactions. I’ve included the first part but the second half is now included. Does it land for you?

Here is a photo with my grandmother Molly who I write about in the story. Behind us, quietly photobombing us is, not surprisingly, The Virgin Mary statue I write about in Take Back the Magic.