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A wonderful memoir. It‘s not just about Patterson‘s role as mom to a transgender child, though of course that story is compelling. I was equally moved by her stories about her life as a black girl/young woman/professional/partner/mother of five - always relatively privileged, but with her own challenges around family, identity, and purpose. And her writing is great enough to make that as much of a reason to read this as the absorbing content.

Starting this memoir now #ImmersionReading — on a reading kick this weekend 💪🏻

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A deep dive into gender, race, relationships, and what it means to grow and be human. Jodie Patterson confronts it all when she realizes her daughter is her son, Penelope. Opening up about the ups, downs and absolute mystery of mothering well in a world that too often vilifies different is courageous.
https://onthebl.org/2019/03/25/the-bold-world/

I can't believe it has been a month since I was on the beach in Mexico. I was lucky enough to get some beach reading done. Nachi-Cocom was a brilliant way to spend a day relaxing and parasailing with three generations of my family.
Read at: https://onthebl.org/2019/03/22/cozumel-mexico/

“The South, I knew had the power to fix anything. There was spirit in the soil.”