![]() ![]() My extended family is diverse, my aunt and cousins are Navajo, and I wanted to craft a story about two marginalized people who feel invisible in different ways deciding to see each other and in witnessing each other they are both able to heal and grow. The road trip mirrors the journey I was also going through moving through grief towards healing. The question I asked myself when I started drafting this book was-can death, hope and healing exists in the same space at once? Afterall, living is a litany of death, hope and healing. My grandfather was from South Carolina where Hoodoo, also known as Conjure or Rootwork, is still practiced widely. They decide to go on a road trip to the Navajo Nation and during their journey they share creation stories, Rootwork and hope.Īmber: The idea for Me (Moth) slowly came to me after my grandfather, William McBride, passed away on February 12, 2019. ![]() ![]() Once they meet, they realize that in witnessing each other they can heal in infinite ways. When describing Me (Moth), what’s your elevator pitch?Īmber McBride: Me (Moth) is a novel in verse about Moth and Sani, two marginalized teens (Black and Navajo), who feel invisible and misunderstood in their primarily white suburban community. ![]()
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