In this transportive memoir, the National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming traces the relationships in her past that would eventually deliver her to the love of a lifetime.
Before Jacqueline Woodson met Juliet, before her own self-realization, there were decades of friends, lovers, and family who defined the woman she'd become. In this haunting story of memory and identity, Jacqueline shares the profound impact they had on bending the path of her life; how they informed the dreams of her future; and how each one-some lost, all loved-would bring her to Juliet, her one and only.
Jacqueline Woodson's Before Her is part of The One, a collection of seven singularly true love stories of friendship, companionship, marriage, and moving on. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single sitting, with or without company.
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Before there was Juliet, there were the people who showed me the way to her, the ones who lived and the ones who died, each bending the path of my life.
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(Amazon Original Stories, 30 July 2019, 17 pages, e-book, borrowed from @AmazonKindle #PrimeReading)
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I'd never heard of the author before but I plan to read all of the Amazon Original Stories series at some point. I really enjoyed this self-contained memoir. I could relate to a lot of the author's experiences of being confused about her sexuality and coming out. They mirror my own experiences to an extent. Her relationship with Juliet, the love of her life is completely believable and reminds me of meeting my partner, who I've been with for 17 years. Before Her is full of love.
