Thanks for this. Lots of similar memories. Close Encounters remains one of my favourite films but my view of Neary changed once I became a father myself. Choosing aliens over my own children? Hmm… dilemma…
Exactly. Thanks for reading, Amanda. This is an extract from my memoir (which now has an agent - hurrah) which goes on to expand how growing up is a slow process of learning that your own parents didn't know what they were doing at the time, and thus are easier to forgive as you get older.
Thanks for this. Lots of similar memories. Close Encounters remains one of my favourite films but my view of Neary changed once I became a father myself. Choosing aliens over my own children? Hmm… dilemma…
The sadness of this.it’s easy not to remember that your parents were just as confused and desperate, wounded and muddled, as a y other human being.
Exactly. Thanks for reading, Amanda. This is an extract from my memoir (which now has an agent - hurrah) which goes on to expand how growing up is a slow process of learning that your own parents didn't know what they were doing at the time, and thus are easier to forgive as you get older.