Womanhood & Trauma Series — "Give Us a Smile"
On Writing My Grandma’s Story & Reading It Back to Her
When Brooke Randel wrote her grandma’s story, she never thought she’d have to read it to her too. Randel explores how writing about her grandma—a Holocaust survivor who never learned to read—helped patch the distance between them and bring a well-kept family secret out in the open. […]
