Some nights, when my parents' voices rose the loudest, I would leave my hiding place and walk out into the middle of their battleground. Standing between them, I would scream, or cry, or knock something over, anything I could think of to draw their attention away from each other and onto myself. It was safer for them to be angry with me, because I, at least, would always be forgiven, writes Genevieve Kingston in her debut memoir, Did I Ever Tell You?
Kingston's poignant storytelling held me spellbound from the first to the last page, guiding me through her childhood and adolescence, breaking my heart into pieces, then cementing them back together with the enduring power of love. While the backdrop is shaped by trauma and profound loss, Kingston's story is a testament to the human spirit's resilience and capacity for forgiveness and healing - something we crave in today's world.
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