Bound to Love - Blaine, Skye
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My memoir, Bound to Love, won first prize in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association contest under the name Blood Bond. Bound to Love is the true story of a single mother who encountered and navigated a complicated nightmare for any parent. My child, the only child I could ever bear-was born with a life-threatening congenital heart defect, and suffered a more brutal health diagnosis soon after. Walk with me as I birth the courage and grit to meet Thom's compounding challenges. The memoir covers Thom's first twenty years as we confront prejudice, injustice, and a share of compassion as well.…mehr

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My memoir, Bound to Love, won first prize in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association contest under the name Blood Bond. Bound to Love is the true story of a single mother who encountered and navigated a complicated nightmare for any parent. My child, the only child I could ever bear-was born with a life-threatening congenital heart defect, and suffered a more brutal health diagnosis soon after. Walk with me as I birth the courage and grit to meet Thom's compounding challenges. The memoir covers Thom's first twenty years as we confront prejudice, injustice, and a share of compassion as well. This is an important read for any parent who feels alone raising a child with complex disabilities.
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Autorenporträt
Amrita Skye Blaine writes short essays, memoir, fiction, and poetry, developing themes of aging, coming of age, disability, and most of all, the process of unlearning-the heart of the matter. In 2003, she received an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University. Her memoir manuscript, now titled Bound to Love, won first prize in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association 2005 literary contest. She has had personal essays published in five anthologies, and in national magazines: "In Context" (now known as "Yes!" magazine) and "Catalyst." Other personal essays have been published in the "Register-Guard" newspaper, and the "Eugene Weekly." Skye also presented radio essays on KRML 1410 AM in Carmel, CA.