Unveiling Heartbreak and Healing: Brenda Miller Reveals the Secrets Behind Her Powerful New Memoir.
RP: That was another question I had! I love images cut with text so much. The photo of your mother at the end of the essay called “Peaches”? My heart just went, oof. So beautiful. And it made me wonder — did you put them in for yourself, or for your parents, or for the readers?
BM: I think I did it for them — my parents — and for you, too. So much of this book is about the hard stuff at the end. And I wanted people to see them as the whole people they were. They were married almost 62 years, and they were devoted to each other to the end. I’m sure you noticed the essay by my mother in there, too.
