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Negative Space
After a recent miscarriage, a young artist shuts down emotionally. She separates herself from her feelings, seeing the world as a series of disconnected shapes and forms. As she returns to her art, she begins to look for ways to move beyond the pain of loss. Can she find the strength to leave the negative space of isolation and reconnect with her husband?A short story from our Nibs literary line.
7 pages, ebook
First published December 19, 2011
About the author
Betsy Miller
14 books30 followersI'm an author and publisher living in Northern California. I mostly write non-fiction books about children’s health topics, but sometimes I write short fiction.
My newest book (edited by me):
Clubfoot Connections: Stories, Essays, and Poetry from the Clubfoot Community
Books for parents:
Beyond Boots 'n' Bars: A Journal for Clubfoot Parents
The Parents' Guide to Perthes
The Parents' Guide to Clubfoot
The Parents' Guide to Hip Dysplasia
Picture books that I co-wrote:
Tiger Livy
Hip, Hop, Hooray for Brooklynn!
My newest book (edited by me):
Clubfoot Connections: Stories, Essays, and Poetry from the Clubfoot Community
Books for parents:
Beyond Boots 'n' Bars: A Journal for Clubfoot Parents
The Parents' Guide to Perthes
The Parents' Guide to Clubfoot
The Parents' Guide to Hip Dysplasia
Picture books that I co-wrote:
Tiger Livy
Hip, Hop, Hooray for Brooklynn!
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March 22, 2012
Negative Space
By Betsy Miller
This is a short story, about seven pages in all, about a woman who has recently suffered a miscarriage and her struggle with that fact.
The story was well written, and very beautiful I can only imagine the pain that Michelle Green was going through. I should point this out before I continue I don’t have children but I am married. When the main character, Michelle, started talking about, in essence, how she and her husband where not whole just the two of them it irritated me, then we have the sentence that drove me mad “For him the one they had lost would be interchangeable with the one yet to come.” Maybe I am spoiled by having a wonderful husband who stands by me and doesn’t mind that we can’t have children but I cannot picture any man who would act this way. I give it 3/5 stars because like I said it is well written and beautiful, some women out there will love this story I am just not one of them.
Be sure to visit my blogs at:
http://reflectionsofabookworm.wordpre...
http://bookwormrflects8.blogspot.com/
You can even follow me on Twitter
@BookWormRflect
By Betsy Miller
This is a short story, about seven pages in all, about a woman who has recently suffered a miscarriage and her struggle with that fact.
The story was well written, and very beautiful I can only imagine the pain that Michelle Green was going through. I should point this out before I continue I don’t have children but I am married. When the main character, Michelle, started talking about, in essence, how she and her husband where not whole just the two of them it irritated me, then we have the sentence that drove me mad “For him the one they had lost would be interchangeable with the one yet to come.” Maybe I am spoiled by having a wonderful husband who stands by me and doesn’t mind that we can’t have children but I cannot picture any man who would act this way. I give it 3/5 stars because like I said it is well written and beautiful, some women out there will love this story I am just not one of them.
Be sure to visit my blogs at:
http://reflectionsofabookworm.wordpre...
http://bookwormrflects8.blogspot.com/
You can even follow me on Twitter
@BookWormRflect
December 3, 2012
Wow! This is stark, emotional, gut-wrenching and yet, strangely hopeful at the same time.
I didn't know what to expect from Betsy this time, but boy did she deliver! This packed an emotional sucker punch about a subject, thankfully I haven't experienced personally, but a close friend has. It helped me to understand, just a little more what that must have felt like.
Truly, hauntingly beautiful and sad!
NOTE: I receieved a copy of this book from the author in return for an honest review
I didn't know what to expect from Betsy this time, but boy did she deliver! This packed an emotional sucker punch about a subject, thankfully I haven't experienced personally, but a close friend has. It helped me to understand, just a little more what that must have felt like.
Truly, hauntingly beautiful and sad!
NOTE: I receieved a copy of this book from the author in return for an honest review
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