Member Dr. Marilyn Hope Lake was interviewed in the latest newsletter of the Missouri Writers Guild.
MWG: Your latest book, Our Mothers Ghost and Other Stories, (OMG) is a collection of thirteen connected stories that reveal shared hopes and dreams and the successes of ladies in one Midwest family throughout the 20th century. Sadly, we see you lost your own mother when you were 24 years old. How much did your mother’s memories influence this very successful book?
MHL: My mother’s memories were not shared enough, or they were “beautified.” Several of the stories in this collection are about my memories of her and my questions about her life. I wrote the “mother” stories to try to answer for myself why my mother did the things she did. I heard many family stories and anecdotes from my aunts, adult cousins, and my mother’s friends.
MHL: My mother’s memories were not shared enough, or they were “beautified.” Several of the stories in this collection are about my memories of her and my questions about her life. I wrote the “mother” stories to try to answer for myself why my mother did the things she did. I heard many family stories and anecdotes from my aunts, adult cousins, and my mother’s friends.
2024 J. Donald & Bertha Coffin Memorial Book Award by the Kansas Authors Club
2024 Walter Williams Award
by the Missouri Writers’ Guild
2024 Walter Williams Award
by the Missouri Writers’ Guild
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