Sel’s Reviews > The Shape of Dust > Status Update

"I'm rupturing the collective stoicism, the shared self-protective mechanism, the silent agreement that we all stay strong while we're here visiting the prison. The sight of tired mothers and their kids, thoughts about all the empty chairs at dinner tables where fathers, uncles and brothers were supposed to sit. The years without touch, without ibtimacy; of seeing your children grow in weekly, one hour increments."