Map of My Heart: A Portrait of the Girl Behind A Letter To My Friend
- ISBN-10
- 1686176651
- ISBN-13
- 9781686176654
- Pages
- 100
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-09-19
- Author
- Rebekah Palmer
Description
Map of My Heart takes its title from a journal I kept as a middle schooler in rural Wisconsin in a parochial school. This collection of poetry omits the darker parts of me, though it definitely alludes to them, because I didn't talk about abuse I endured or the multiple identities that made up my soul until I was a young adult. As a kid and teenager and young adult, I did a lot of surviving instead of advocating for myself. It is this snapshot I hope my collection presents to my readers: a young female with dreams and hopes who doesn't realize just yet that she must admit and own her reality and darkness to achieve honest living.
