17 December 2019: "...decades later, I would still be trying to form arguments, phrases, constructions, to make my father see our relationship differently. To stop him from identifying every action and gesture I made as an insult and a slight. I wanted to live in a world where my gods, reason and logic, had the power to heal this injury." --Guy Branum, My Life as a Goddess
Still working my way through this book which is very funny, but also, specifically the chapter "The Man Who Watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," is incredibly moving. Branum writes about his frustrating and painful relationship with his father with a rawness and insight that surprised and touched me.
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