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Relative Voices: A Guide to Co-writing the Family Biography

Relative Voices
Relative Voices

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Relative Voices: A Guide to Co-writing the Family Biography | Media List


Statement

A polyphonic guide to family writing.

Reviews

On a class taught using an early edition of this book:

Word from your grandmother

By Michael Metzger, Southwest Journal

A lost diary inspires a Linden Hills woman to teach families to write their histories together

Director Shau-di Wang's 1998 animated film, "Mofa ama" ("Grandma and Her Ghosts"), tells the story of a young boy who learns about afterlife and death when he moves in with his grandmother. She performs Taoist rituals for the dead, helping them find their way in the next world. The Taiwanese film echoes around the world for Valerie Borey, a Linden Hills woman who heard from her grandmother in a very real way after the Norwegian woman's death seven years ago.

Read the rest of this article: http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/04/01/swjlife/life01.txt