Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. September 17, 1968
Birthday: September 17
Blood is thicker than water, my mother had always said when I was growing up, a sentiment I’d often disputed. But it turned out that it didn’t matter whether she was right or wrong. They both flowed out of my cupped palms.
source: Cheryl Strayed (2012). “Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found”, p.33, Atlantic Books Ltd
topic: Mother, Growing Up, Blood, Blood Is Thicker Than Water