Rita Salinas’s Reviews > The Names > Status Update

Fantastic. One part that will stick is the naming of Julian’s daughter and the struggle with his mother’s name Cora. He remembers only being used in disgust by his father but wonders if he can give it a new meaning.

Julian- he’s nothing like his father even though he’s afraid he could be. He and Maya struggle with the loss of their mother. Sweet grandma and Kian and how their lives were also changed because of the choices.

Bear- he is his name sweet and cuddly and brave and strong. Beautiful boy with a beautiful life and family. Maya was free to be herself and happy and Cora had great friends and a happy ending. Awful situation at the beginning eventually brought them together and somewhat healed by the end.

Is it “the names” or the people in your life? The parental involvement or lack thereof. I love the “what if”stories and how different directions a life can take depending on a choice or circumstance that changes everything.

Flight fight freeze or FAWN. Maya learning to placate her father at a young age was so sad. And now walking through the extreme variations of their lives is mind blowing.

“It matters because Sometimes big men feel small inside… because sometimes their need to please previous generations is greater than their need to love future ones.”