#207 Love, Loss, and the Life of Lueza – Jody Gelb, Mother, Actor, Author of She May Be Lying Down, But She May Be Very Happy.
Jody Gelb has written a deeply moving memoir about the life and loss of her daughter. Brain damaged at birth, life with Lueza is as complex as you imagine it to be. Jody captures and condenses details of her experience through the years, and ultimately puts them together into what she calls a micro memoir. Wondering if these short chapters were “right,” Jody says, “At some point I thought, Can it just be what it is? Can this be my way of telling a story? This is the way it is. Can it be this?” She May Be Lying Down, But She May Be Very Happy is a brief, moving book about a brief, moving life…
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