![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She wrote from the heart and, without knowing it, transformed peoples lives. Young Vicki Thompson could have been the next Gandhi or Abraham serving as a magnet for love, kindness, and goodness. Written after the deaths of her parents, this moving memoir reckons with the author's difficult past and is an act of both resurrection and reconciliation.ĭescription: The Life of a Walking Mermaid looks into the life of an angel, disguised in a 90-pound body with a smile and laugh that lit up the world. Bug learns to care for herself as she monitors the violence and her mother's downward spiral. Finding herself in the unique position of having to parent her parents. As she watches her mother peel back layers of rage, the warring between her parents increases. A plucky, imaginative and resilient little girl, Bug defends the weak, cares for the wounded, and faces down danger. She feels her aching heart is being kept on a leash, tied to the mother she never really knows. As a young child, Bug longs for love from the one woman who means the most to her. Description: The Story of Bug is a rich, evocative memoir about growing up in southern West Virginia, where the author's dramatic, mercurial mother's violent outbursts keep her family on edge. ![]()
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