Q&A with Tommy Taylor and The Second Virgin Birth discussion

Yes, it was my way of dealing with her death, but understand, this is not a self help book, or a book that deals with greving. It is a work of fiction dealing with the life of a young girl from the age of 6 to 16.

I am currently working on the sequel to my first book, The Scent of God. This, like yours deals with the death of a daughter. Francesca died in 2001. Her death is still unresolved. I have vacillated between fiction and memoir but feel strongly that memoir is the way to take this book so that I can deal with the issues that led to her death.

Having wrestled with what genre, I'd be grateful if you would share the reasons that you chose to write in fiction?

I chose to write fiction so that if I needed, I could move away from the sadness of my lost. I used several things in the book that was part of her. Her name as a character, the tatto on the angels. And I worked in several of her "sayings". Now to be honest. I did not want to write about my pain or hers. I just wanted to think about her and keep her alive in my memory.
None of what I just said makes any sence, but then the death of a child does not either.