My daughter asked me why I never talk about where I'm from and I realized I don't know how to explain a childhood that happened in a place that's been erased.
More people experience this than they realize.
The absence of physical referents makes personal history feel unreliable and untransmittable.
“Where Are You with Grief for lost homeland — diaspora mourning?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.