Behind the Pages: Shannon Luders Manuel Reveals the Untold Inspirations Behind The One Who Loves You

Behind the Pages: Shannon Luders Manuel Reveals the Untold Inspirations Behind The One Who Loves You

Shannon and I met in April over Zoom, she in her home in Los Angeles and me in Toronto. What follows is a highlight of just some of the rich themes she covers in The One Who Loves You.


Michèle Dawson Haber: I have a deep interest in memoirs about identity — it’s probably fair to say that every memoir is about identity to a greater or lesser extent. As a biracial person raised in an all-white household, your identity struggles have been in the forefront all your life. The reader is left with the impression that your white family gave you the love and acceptance you needed, but they also could have done so much better had they been aware of the implicit biases that caused them to treat you differently and which sometimes left you feeling outcast and inferior.

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