I adore Lindsay's energy, her honesty, and the way she captures the depth of some of the darkest moments in life and writes about it with such beauty. A tonic for today.
Hi friends,
If you’re new here (hi!) welcome. Each Wednesday, I share a new episode of my memoir – Held in Mind – for my Membership. Here’s a link to take you to Episode One (which is a free listen)…
Held in Mind: An Excerpted Memoir
What are the consequences of allowing yourself to be held in mind while you try to hold on to the ones you love? December 27th 1988. A catastrophic house fire at Lindsay’s childhood home near the source of the River Irvine in Ayrshire, Scotland, will stoke something inside her it will take decades to dampen.
Episode Seventeen: 1997 and 1974
October 1997
Lindsay is 14. Her mother is an in-patient at Ailsa – the local psychiatric hospital – and she’s living at Auchengate with her brother and grandfather, Tom. But with her friends at school, she’s not talking about any of that. She’s got other things going on, not least her compulsion to beat her best friend, Nicole, in all their shared subjects.
March 1974
MaryEllen is 15. Her mother is an in-patient at Ailsa – the local psychiatric hospital – and she’s living at Auchengate with her brothers and father, Tom. School, though, offers her no refuge.
