“Stories of maternal secrecy are rare. I wanted to think about my mother’s heart away from the troubling moralism that attached to female promiscuity. I wanted to know more about this heart. Not the trapped heart I knew growing up. The heart that found a lover.”
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Kyo Maclear is a Canadian author born in 1970. Her works span across children's literature, adult fiction, and poetry, known for their unique style and profound themes. more
“I knew I had had no choice. I had had to fight with my mother in order to survive.”
“No child of a narcissist ever makes it out into the world unscathed.”