Lora Hughes, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/loragughes/ Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:44:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 A Purple Crayon https://booksbywomen.org/a-purple-crayon/ https://booksbywomen.org/a-purple-crayon/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2013 04:00:12 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8872 She’s six years old, doesn’t speak English, and is a primary witness against her father. Her mother helps her find what she’s looking for in a tub of blunt crayons.  Without a shared tongue, I’m not so much rejected as invisible.  On a practical level, I need to bond with this child so the court […]

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