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The Colour of Milk, by Nell Leyshon
The ability to write is so ubiquitous to people in the developed world that it’s easy to forget how powerful a thing it really is. Once we know how to write, then we can share our stories with people we will never meet. When we can write, we can leave a mark on the world that speaks for us when we’re gone. Through Nell Leyshon’s heartbreaking novella The Colour of Milk, protagonist Mary repeatedly comments that she is writing her own story, with her own hand. Unlike her sisters, her parents, and her grandfather, Mary has the power to explain her actions in plain black and white...
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