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My first blog post (thoughts on Mother's Day)

I never posted or blogged before (is there a difference?), but with Mother's Day being tomorrow I felt compelled to write something.

Prior to people reading my book, including close friends who didn't know my story, I would always get questioned about what I was going to buy my mother for 'her day'.

The answer would invariably surprise them. "Nothing", I would say. "My mother and I no longer speak." Read more of this blog post »
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"Thought provoking.

This memoir is great, it tells the story of his life well and explains at the end the feelings this can promote. Life is never easy. But sometimes things work out better than you can imagine. "
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“I can’t look back to the point where it prevents me from moving forward.”
John Davis, My Father's Son: A Memoir

“slapped me hard, my fingers still caught in the window. Crying,”
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“So she decided that she would make us take the pills too, and then the three of us would all die together.”
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