Letters from Inside the Whale: Resuming the Conversation My Father and I Never Had . . . about His War Author|Ted Hill “The Able Life of Cody

“The Able Life of Cody Jane serves as a reminder that life is simply too short to be defined by others’ misperceptions of our abilities

born 1961 in Hertfordshire

"For her memoir When My Mother Is Most Beautiful

Her most recent poetry collection is When Creation Falls (Meadowlark Books

you feel like you're eavesdropping on your best friend's confessional and inquiries to the Divine

Letters from Inside the Whale: Resuming the Conversation My Father and I Never Had . . . about His War Author|Ted Hill “The Able Life of CodyA little girl asked her father, "What did you do in the war, Daddy?" Tucking his child in bed, he answered with a fantastic story about a whale. A tale she wholeheartedly believed, until she didn't. He never talked about his war again. Coming of age during the Vietnam era, the daughter watched war play out on TV, listened to broadcasts of the draft on the radio, faced the mirror of a Vietnam Memorial engraved with names of the dead, joined the protest