Margaret is an author who lost a brother she never even knew. The news was a shock and she wanted to know all the details. But she didn’t get all the details right away, it has been years of talking to others and research that helped show how the stories we carry throughout our lives impact our everyday choices.
Key Takeaways:
[2:41] I didn’t know I had a sibling that died and I needed to know more
[9:15] We didn’t talk about his death, but it came out in my town anyway
[14:01] My dad spilled all the details on what happened before he died
[17:13] I finally looked at the accident in the newspaper
[20:47] The secrecy of this story and wondering what might have been
[23:39] Leaving town to escape the everything that surrounded his death
[24:31] It was unsettling for people to know more about the story than me
[26:56] Learning the identity of who killed my brother
[30:01] How we carry stories throughout our lives
[39:10] Losing a baby and the loss of never knowing them either
[41:01] Resources for people that lost a sibling
[44:05] I wouldn’t write a book about the accident
[47:25] My next novel
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