The Silence Was Part Of The Story

It's Not Only Children Who Grow. Parents Do Too.

The Vehemence With Which Certain Critics Have Chosen Not Simply To Criticize What I've Written, But To Challenge My Writing This Story At All, Speaks Of What The Book Is About: Fear Of Disapproval.

I Have Long Observed That The Act Of Writing Is Viewed, By Some, As An Elite And Otherworldly Act, All The More So If A Person Isn't Paid For What She Writes.

I Continued To Protect Him With My Silence.

No, I Said. I Didn't Remember That. There Was So Much To Remember, Sometimes The Best Thing Was To Forget.