Reading matters
Most of my recent reading has been on the lighter side: easily digested detective stories to distract from daily events without demanding too much. A major exception is Allison Moorer's book, above. Moorer is a well-regarded singer-songwriter and the sister of another fine musician, Shelby Lynne. In addition to their solid solo work, they collaborated on the album Not Dark Yet, which everyone should listen to. But Blood is only partly about music and sisterhood; the driving force to it is Moorer trying to deal with a family nightmare: her father killed her mother and then himself outside the family home when the girls were in their teens. Working through events, memories, life before and after, relationships, songs, family and how to understand something that is basically incomprehensible -- Moorer has created a poetic examination of what pain does to the heart and the soul. Moorer has also released a deeply wrought album called Blood, but you do not need to hear it to feel ...