THE STRUGGLE

There were many ghosts and monsters in my childhood.

• My father, an alcoholic
• My mother, the codependent
• My father’s drunken friends
• Having to ride in his truck, being taken home while he drove drunk
• My grandmother’s pale, white face, when she was dying
• Hiding places to avoid rage and violence

A story that begins Fire Heart seems out of place, about the ghosts of St. Agnes Sanitarium. But is it?

After all, this is a love story. Yes, but it’s how a woman who has come of age, ...