Petals of Rain: A Mother’s Memoir is Here!
Petals of Rain: A Mother’s Memoir is here!
What it Means to Write a Memoir
Writing my first memoir has been exhilarating, difficult and ultimately rewarding. But it’s also not easy putting your art into the world, and it’s harder still to pour yourself onto the pages and release them. Many first-time authors wrestle with the fear of telling stories that may upset the people they know, especially family members. And while my intention has never been to hurt those I love, I also know that writers have an innate need to write.
Stifling the need is unhealthy. We deserve to tell our stories. If we feel a deep longing to share them, I believe it’s a sign, a nudge from the creative world. Honoring our hearts through the process of writing is essential to our healing, and we owe it to ourselves and our readers.
Merriam Webster, defines the word memoir is a narrative composed from personal experience. After working with a phenomenal editor/book coach, as well as many great memoir authors, I have gained the confidence to tell my stories. Although some family members (who I have not named in my books out of respect for their privacy) have not been happy with my books. However, I hold fast to the truth that my memories and experiences are my own. We have a right to share our perspectives and experiences, no matter who says otherwise. As the famously prolific author Anne Lamott has said in her book “Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life,” we own everything that happened to us. As I explored my decision to write in the memoir genre, I clung to her words.
“If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have treated you better.”
Anne Lamott
The wonderful memoir writers I have known and respected have struggled with their decision to write their stories just as I have. I’m thankful they chose to honor their right to practice their art and share it with readers. After all, stories are the path to understanding, and I believe in their power to change the world. Books have long played a crucial role in opening our minds and expanding our capacity to empathize with others. Memoirs can have a significant impact on how we see ourselves and the world we seek to understand.
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Petals of Rain
Petals of Rain is a memoir about love and loss, secrets and lies. When a young girl from a broken family meets a charming man, she attempts to build a new life. But after a whirlwind marriage and the birth of two sons, their love story rips apart at the seams.
Exploring the impact of parents’ sins on the lives of children and the fates we endure for the chance to be loved, the story follows a mother navigating motherhood and womanhood – an abuse survivor emerging and learning to speak, to scream, to sing to her own wounded heart and to finally understand what it takes to be whole after breaking to pieces. Weaving the present and past together, the author reveals her truth in hauntingly evocative scenes.
As surely as the sun shines behind the grayest clouds, healing comes drop by drop. Like petals of rain.
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