Author bio

  • I moved to Vancouver in my twenties, but I grew up in Richmond, BC, a city below sea level, where none of the houses have basements.

  • I have a younger brother, a son, and two nephews who, while I was writing can this be right, never hesitated to ask me: How’s the book going, auntie Sarah? Especially Maks, who, unfortunately, will not be old enough to read this book for quite some time.

can this be right

“You know,” he says, meeting her eyes and pulling his face mask down to his chin, “I truly believe that not living your creativity is aversion of self-harm.”

What becomes of someone who suspects they no longer fit into the life they built? What becomes of someone who no longer has the stomach or disposition for the compromise of marriage? What becomes of someone who stops believing the plan is working and has started wondering if rational is another word for bullshit

This work of autobiographical fiction explores the complicated relationship between the rational head and impassioned heart while reminding us that it is not embarrassing to lose sight of ourselves and it is not selfish to want to find ourselves again.

can this be right is available irl at Slice of Life, and also on Amazon.

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