Exclusive Interview: Josie Adams Reveals Untold Secrets Behind We Thought They’d Never Leave with Tony Shalhoub
JA: I think all different types of family are valuable and special. Our family is particularly big and close, but even if you aren’t close to your family or have a very small family, whether that’s biological or inherited or chosen family or friends, it’s really important to show up and show people that you love them and appreciate them and not just tell them. That’s what our reunion is about. It’s not just sending a text and saying, “Thinking about you, I love you.”
Although that’s wonderful, it’s about showing up and working hard for other people, cooking for someone else, picking up something that you see is needed, and acts of service. And no, I don’t think that your family has to have an origin of suffering and hardship in order to be close. My family’s story, since it is an immigrant story, did start with a lot of absence. In their case, their continued traditions and efforts to stay together is absolutely influenced by how very close my family came to not existing at all. What I think keeps it together is creating new memories and effort, and that’s what this book is about.
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