coming of age memoir The Parts of Him I Kept

UNDERTOW Opening chapter.docx

Completely blown away by the polish and depth of your writing, Natasha. 

The brutal honesty in the line "I kept my eyes to the ground to hide my shame in a father made notorious for not saving his baby girl." hit me quite hard. As did the chapter title, "Undertow", embedded as part of a heart-wrecking metaphor in the second-to-last sentence, which brilliantly sets up the fact you never went to see Jackie after the accident. Such a powerful, vivid statement about a young person's reaction to the chaos of being raised by a clinically schizophrenic parent.

I absolutely want to read more.  

Most excellent, Natasha. A memoir that reads like a rich novel. I also want to read more. 

Thank you for your encouraging words. So excited and somewhat overwhelmed by the task of mapping the story in 6 acts, 2 goals and identifying the component of story in this memoir. Looking forward to all this practice