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All We Had
Check out the latest Movie News- Congrats Annie!
From a poverty stricken and homeless mother/daughter team, comes a powerful, witty, and heartbreaking debut novel, ALL WE HAD by talented, Annie Weatherwax (her artistic talent most definitely lends her great insight into the human heart with her rich and well-developed characters)!
Wow, I knew I was going to love ALL WE HAD, when I viewed the cover and read the summary. However, it was so much more, as this dynamic novel, did not disappoint, and exceeded all my expectations.
Thirteen year old Ruthie, has been accustomed to being the mother in the family; sharp, street smart, and a survivor. From bullying at school, to fighting off her mom’s crazy boyfriends, and finding food and shelter.
Young mother Rita has never had it easy, from her poor childhood, which carried into her adult life as a single mom, moving from one place to another, living in their car, working endless jobs, and never being able to get ahead or provide for her daughter in the way she wants.
With her good looks, she goes from one man to another and when things do not work out, mother-daughter (Thelma and Louise) hits th
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Donald Friedman
Writer-Artist Six: Annie Weatherwax
Annie Weatherwax, novelist, short story writer, essayist, and visual artist was the 2009 winner of the Robert Olen Butler Prize for Fiction for her story “The Possibility of Things.” Her novel, All We Had, was turned into a movie directed by Katie Holmes.
Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, for years she earned a living sculpting superheroes and cartoon characters for Nickelodeon, DC Comics, Pixar, and others. She is currently a full-time painter and writer.
The Language of Visual Art
“I am a visual artist. Using the word “writer” somehow feels wrong to me. I never took my prospects as a writer seriously because I’m dyslexic and still have some difficulty reading. I learned how to write not by studying literature, but by understanding the language of visual art.
“As a writer, I often rely on my knowledge of color. Red evokes heightened emotion, and reading the word “red” has the same effect on the brain as seeing it. Given this, shouldn’t writing programs be teaching the art of color? In my writing school, I would make students draw the figure. The ability to understand a gesture with very few lines is