How . . . boggling

[pegkerr]

vanityfair wrote an entry about trying to convince her mom to read The Wild Swans. Her mom did not want to do so. The conversation did not go well.

It's an extremely peculiar sensation to learn that someone is afraid to read your work. After all, I don't consider myself to be a particularly scary person! (Well, that's a guess on my part, judging from the reaction Aja described. But that's what it sounds like to me.)

I find it sad that the interaction didn't work for Aja, too, because I had hoped that The Wild Swans would work exactly as she tried to use it, as something to prompt honest reach-across-the-barrier conversations.

Eh well, maybe Aja's mom will read it yet. Or if not, another book that accomplishes the same purpose.

Peg

Comments

Scary--

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

--on the other hand, if you're scaring people, it means you're making them think, and you're achieving the thing that art is for.

I maintain that no good book hasn't been thrown across the room at least once by somebody, somewhere.

[uminomamori.livejournal.com]

Interesting:) I'd be amazed if conversations involving slash and parents ever went well...

the wild swans

[wildgarden.livejournal.com]

I read The Wild Swans and really enjoyed it. It's in my local public library.

I'd recommend it but probably never try to push it on somebody who was afraid of it.

Afraid of what? I wonder.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

I find it sad that the interaction didn't work for Aja, too, because I had hoped that The Wild Swans would work exactly as she tried to use it, as something to prompt honest reach-across-the-barrier conversations.

Yeah... but on the other hand, sometimes it's been programmed in bone deep. If Aja were to, say, just leave it there, her mom might read it eventually...

As long as she's even vaguely willing to talk, I don't count it as a failure.

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

The Wild Swans is one of the best books I've ever read - and I'm not just saying that because I know the author ;)

And hey, I'm a Dane, it's one of our stories you 'borrowed' ;)

Love,
Maria