Guest:
I thought the entire meeting between her son and his half brother was causing Annie a lot of anxiety.
That the sb might show up looking just like her son, talking acting etc seemed to be a fear she had.
I thought of her anxiety as "her anxiety."
Had it been me, it would have been "my anxiety",manufactured by my own history of fears and demons, driving me to the paper bag (or Mellow Mushroom Pizza, in my case.)
What I like about her is that she just says what she's feeling...... even if it's not the healthiest/best/maternal/adjusted thought or response.
I know I have thoughts that aren't always what I'd like them to be.
We're human.
We struggle.
Annie puts hers on paper, and is brave enough to claim them. (I'm not.)
Hops: This is the first book I've read of Annie's. In this one she's obviously been cautioned by her son not to repeat certain things he's chosen to keep private.
That speaks to her crossing boundaries in the past, but I don't see that she's deeply enmeshed in this particular book.
That her son has learned to set boundaries may be a result of Annie crossing them...... the ying and the yang of a deeply enmeshed mama?
Lighter
