My mother had no idea that her daughter would turn out to be a writer, but she would not let me go through a day of my childhood without music. Virginia Euwer Wolff childhooddaughterday Change image and share on social
As authors evolve and try to trace the precedents that have shaped their work, it sometimes becomes a matter of identifying the shadowy figure in the back row of the mental photograph, or of grabbing at the tail of a memory that's just slipping out the window into thin air. Virginia Euwer Wolff airauthorback share on social
We're so mixed up about religion in this culture. We say the Pledge of Allegiance, 'under God indivisible,' but there's no prayer in the schools. I would be so untethered without my personal faith. I wouldn't be able to go through a day - but that's my own experience. Virginia Euwer Wolff allegiancecultureday share on social