Post #109 – Women’s Memoir Writing, ScrapMoir – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett
Scrapbooking Our Memories, One Story at a Time
Sometimes a memory is so vivid. We know exactly what happened and who was there. But have you ever felt the same puzzlement that you felt many years before? Jean Wong’s memoir vignette recalls one special New Year’s Eve in Honolulu when she was at that age of wanting to look good for boys but not really knowing why or what that meant or how she should act. The angst of the young teenager is palpable in her memoir.
Memoir Contest Award Winner, Finalist
EVERY NEW YEAR’S EVE
Jean Wong
After four o’clock, Mom never let us outside to play. Once we were called home to take a bath and supper, the dark world was closed to us while we read or listened to the radio. The eve of the Chinese New Year was the exception as an auspicious future was secured after a blazing firework display. [click to continue…]
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