Open hearts on paper

What my Mother and I don't talk about. Fifteen Writers break the Silence

Edited by Michele Filgate 

Reading this book and getting in contact with these touching, radioactively good stories from writers and their relationships with their mothers felt like a therapy session or listening into a conversation among friends. It felt familiar sometimes. 

The book is a collection, the different essays revolve around and evolve out of Mothers.

Some mothers out there are really something! For me, the best part is, the persons who wrote these stories are actually writers. That is, they write for a living. Not only  did they put their hearts on paper and let us decide what to do with them. No.They also lived the stories, they consumed and were consumed by them. What we get to read are pieces of gold, of wit and human wisdom. 

You can choose to live for 20 years and maybe at the end you’ll get some knowledge about what life is, or you can read this book and eat that red pill…. Just kidding! All I’m saying is that all these stories hold a lot of wisdom. 

While reading, you, like me, might think that you did not have it that bad, or you would think that you wish your relationship with your mother was better and maybe you will reach out to her more often. Or maybe you would feel completely understood and seen by the open hearted writers and you would want to share your feeling as well in some way. 

Anyway, all I’m saying is - read the book if you want to see yourself from a different angle, and if you want the chance to assess your relationship with your mother, parents in general, and maybe stop doing something or start doing something that might improve your life. 

One thing that becomes obvious after reading the book is - Life is short, make it better, make it happen now. 

 

I remain in awe of the fifteen writers who let us absorb their wisdom.