We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Kay Joy Fowler (2013) teaches us much about kinship. Sometimes it means
beginning in the middle, not just the middle of the story as Rose's story did
but in the middle between what we know and what we don't know.
We make assumptions constantly and at the same time know those assumptions are not the whole story. So why not make assumptions that are positive. Ones that celebrate what we have in common so we can better understand each other rather than open up what sets us apart.
We make assumptions constantly and at the same time know those assumptions are not the whole story. So why not make assumptions that are positive. Ones that celebrate what we have in common so we can better understand each other rather than open up what sets us apart.
Fowler, speaking about We Are All Completely Beside Outselves, said she 'wanted the book to
start with the assumption of
kinship' , that she 'wanted the reader to assume the
similarities, before looking for the differences' (Online Q&A).
A good place to start. A foundation to build from. A positive connection. The middle
ground. The common ground.
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