i think part of why i glorified her and looked up to her was because she had never really let me in to her actual choices. And so it's easy to revere some one when all they've given you is the high light real. We tend to read into them in a way where we think that we should be stronger, better, and that we're failing. I wanted to be legendary like she was. But instead of thinking, wait a minute, if this is hard for me, maybe she never told me the full story. What i should really do is talk more.
Simultaneously parenting her daughter while caring for a mom who was vanishing into dementia, Maya Shanbhag Lang, found herself reexamining nearly every part of her life, and reimagining how she wanted to tell her own story to her daughter. May's writing has been featured in The Washington Post, In Style, The Millions, and The Rumpus, among others. Her book, The Sixteenth of June was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, was an Audie Award Finalist for Best Audio Book. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A passionate teacher, she loves working with aspiring writers. Her new memoir is What We Carry. (https://amzn.to/3fqyo2Q)
You can find Maya Shanbhag Lang at:
Website : http://www.mayalang.com/
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