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…this is my first ever book review in a newspaper! I’m really excited about it.
[Windy City Times]
BOOK REVIEW
by Sally Parsons
2012-06-20
By Tyler Gillesie $2.99; Sibling Rivalry Press; 26 pages [buy book here]
“Tyler Gillespie’s book is a slender collection of reminiscences that sing of gentle and bittersweet memories of a childhood in the South. It’s a helping of sweet potato pie and collard greens—a filling meal whipped up by a boy who learned disappointment and betrayal early from his father, buffered by loving grandparents, mother and uncle. These stories, crafted by a gifted young writer, will touch you deeply and haunt you often.”
read full review at Windy City Times
“When I was a child, I memorized my mother’s hands as she folded clothes.
My favorite smell is clean laundry, because
it reminds me of my mother and Saturdays spent at the laundry mat watching my clothes tumble
instead of in the living room watching cartoons.
Everything is gonna be all right, she would sing in soap bubbles.”
from “my mother,” Dirty Socks and Pine Needles
Tyler Gillespie 