Not exact matches
My biggest
childhood issues that I have had to untangle from my parenting include money (or lack thereof), shame around the drama our family stirred up, and
feelings of abandonment (as the 6th
of 7 kids I was largely sibling raised).
Because
of this, the passages about Danticat's own
childhood never fully snap into focus and she can only gesture toward her
feeling of abandonment when her parents move to the U.S.. For at least one reviewer, this self - effacement compromises Danticat's honesty with the reader, especially since she was writing acclaimed novels and winning literary renown as the book's events unfolded.
Bourgeois's
childhood memories, her involvement in the family tapestry business, and the caregiving she provided her mother — along with pervasive
feelings of abandonment — would become important themes in her work.
As a result, she may push others away, acting on her
childhood feeling of rejection and
abandonment.