Rachel Martin

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Did that division become more stark, though, when you went to the art school? And then presumably you still came home to see your mom. And did it feel worse knowing that there was this other life that you had access to now and his behaviors were all the more egregious because you had something to compare it to?

Did that division become more stark, though, when you went to the art school? And then presumably you still came home to see your mom. And did it feel worse knowing that there was this other life that you had access to now and his behaviors were all the more egregious because you had something to compare it to?

Did that division become more stark, though, when you went to the art school? And then presumably you still came home to see your mom. And did it feel worse knowing that there was this other life that you had access to now and his behaviors were all the more egregious because you had something to compare it to?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

What a wonderful thing that you found that school.

What a wonderful thing that you found that school.

What a wonderful thing that you found that school.

I want to push back from the game for a minute because I want to talk about the new version of your very, very beautiful book. It is called For a Girl Becoming. You published this originally in 2009, right? Yes. And how do you describe the story that's embedded in this book?

I want to push back from the game for a minute because I want to talk about the new version of your very, very beautiful book. It is called For a Girl Becoming. You published this originally in 2009, right? Yes. And how do you describe the story that's embedded in this book?

I want to push back from the game for a minute because I want to talk about the new version of your very, very beautiful book. It is called For a Girl Becoming. You published this originally in 2009, right? Yes. And how do you describe the story that's embedded in this book?

What struck me about it is, as I was reading it, it gave me such a sense of security. Like, just thinking about how this young girl is born and brought into the world. And the illustrations are so gorgeous. But you're writing in the illustrations. Mm-hmm. leave you with the sense that this young new being is just has been woven into this beautiful, beautiful tapestry of her family.

What struck me about it is, as I was reading it, it gave me such a sense of security. Like, just thinking about how this young girl is born and brought into the world. And the illustrations are so gorgeous. But you're writing in the illustrations. Mm-hmm. leave you with the sense that this young new being is just has been woven into this beautiful, beautiful tapestry of her family.

What struck me about it is, as I was reading it, it gave me such a sense of security. Like, just thinking about how this young girl is born and brought into the world. And the illustrations are so gorgeous. But you're writing in the illustrations. Mm-hmm. leave you with the sense that this young new being is just has been woven into this beautiful, beautiful tapestry of her family.

And everybody's just going to be there for her. It doesn't matter what hard things come and all the hard things will come. But it was just this precious feeling of safety that I got from reading this story through the whole thing. I thought, what a beautiful gift to give a child that sense of safety, which feels all the more profound thinking about your own childhood and how unsafe you felt.

And everybody's just going to be there for her. It doesn't matter what hard things come and all the hard things will come. But it was just this precious feeling of safety that I got from reading this story through the whole thing. I thought, what a beautiful gift to give a child that sense of safety, which feels all the more profound thinking about your own childhood and how unsafe you felt.

And everybody's just going to be there for her. It doesn't matter what hard things come and all the hard things will come. But it was just this precious feeling of safety that I got from reading this story through the whole thing. I thought, what a beautiful gift to give a child that sense of safety, which feels all the more profound thinking about your own childhood and how unsafe you felt.