The Story Behind the Story (and What It’s Like to Write a Book) As a little girl, I always had the sense that there must be more to life than I could see… more than our shabby little home on “the hill” in the ghettos of San Diego… more than the cramped two-bedroom apartment I shared with ten other people,… Read More
For most of my life, I’ve had a distaste for meat. I didn’t like to touch it when it was raw, and I didn’t like the way it smelled (especially chicken). I grew up not eating red meat and continued that practice into adulthood. I did not drink milk, and the smell of eggs makes me nauseous. Given those factors… Read More