Roots & Branches
by Mary Ellen Gambuttiin 📚 Literature
Roots & Branches
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Essays, memoirs in adoption themes of identity, belonging, and permanence. I write fiction as Islay Corwin, author of The Silverton Estate duology. Follow Behind the Hedge and The Garden and the Gate. In Seasons: image poems, vignettes, and nostalgia.
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About Mary Ellen Gambutti
Personal essays in an adoptee's voice. Seasons for image poetry and vignettes. Botanical magic and myth in two Novellas (Islay Corwin.) Behind The Hedge for story. The Garden and The Gate for Estate lore, archives, cedar groves, and deep memory.
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