Comments on: My Big Fake Immigrant Memoir https://booksbywomen.org/my-big-fake-immigrant-memoir-by-aine-greaney/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 23:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Featuring Women Writers on WWWB 2013 - Women Writers, Women Books https://booksbywomen.org/my-big-fake-immigrant-memoir-by-aine-greaney/#comment-14653 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 23:11:29 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8326#comment-14653 […] and Politics – Dr. Joan Steinau Lester Poetry, a reflex, a knee-jerk – Molly Case My Big Fake Immigrant Memoir – Aine Greaney Writing as Escape: Bittersweet Heartache and Cancer – Temeka Williams […]

]]> By: Aine Greaney https://booksbywomen.org/my-big-fake-immigrant-memoir-by-aine-greaney/#comment-3684 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:55:25 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8326#comment-3684 In reply to Dianne G Sagan.

Thanks, Dianne. I like your perspective. I know some author has written some wise quote about digging into our pasts to map our future, but I can’t remember who it is. But in any case, I think it holds true for many of our journeys.

]]> By: Aine Greaney https://booksbywomen.org/my-big-fake-immigrant-memoir-by-aine-greaney/#comment-3668 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:29:18 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8326#comment-3668 In reply to Elena Boyd-O’Brien.

Thank you, Elena. I’m glad that you’re finding that about midlife, too. Sometimes I think it’s just a temporary madness, but then, it does seem like a blessing to be able to stop and assess. Hope all is well and you’re looking forward to a summer full of your own writing.

]]> By: Elena Boyd-O'Brien https://booksbywomen.org/my-big-fake-immigrant-memoir-by-aine-greaney/#comment-3630 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:48:03 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8326#comment-3630 I agree with you Aine, midlife does demand that we stand at the cross in the road and ask ourselves where we are going via answering the question of where we have been. Your story isn’t just a metaphor but a literal leaving and traveling thousands of miles. Every immigrant has a story beneath the adventure and I look forward to reading yours.

]]> By: Aine Greaney https://booksbywomen.org/my-big-fake-immigrant-memoir-by-aine-greaney/#comment-3610 Mon, 27 May 2013 17:15:46 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8326#comment-3610 Thanks, Dianne, for your kind words. Yes, I think all of us (or hopefully most of us anyway) go through that process–perhaps one of the benefits of middle age?

Thanks again,
Aine

]]> By: Dianne G Sagan https://booksbywomen.org/my-big-fake-immigrant-memoir-by-aine-greaney/#comment-3600 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:39:13 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8326#comment-3600 I found this post thought provoking. My mother was first generation born here and her parents came from England. My father’s family came to America several generations ago. What really stood out to me is whether we were born in the United States or not we go through a process of finding out who we really are. Part of that is where our families came from.

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