The decision for me was ...

The decision for me was whether to have 'The Father' be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else.
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 Sharon Olds

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The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother.
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Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.
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I have heard about the civilized, the marriages run on talk, elegant and honest, rational. But and I are savages.
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Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.
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The older I get, the more I feel.
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 Sharon Olds