Ashes to Ink

Book excerpt: When fourteen-year-old Lisa Lucca learns her father is gay, her idyllic 1970s Midwest childhood is shattered. Sworn to secrecy, she begins carrying the emotions of her family like a bucket cracked across the bottom, making a mess as she embarks on a life of rebellious choices.Decades later, faced with the aftermath of her father's death, Lisa revisits their complicated relationship, delving deeper into the stories she's held about love, sexuality, and the family she comes from with a shimmering clarity that arises from her grief. A moving account of the power of acceptance and forgiveness, Ashes to Ink shines a light on the challenges of living true to who we are.