Our extended family always said we'd write down all of Uncle Ray's stories because he was the keeper of family history, but he died suddenly and now we're trying to piece things together from what we each remember him telling us, and we're finding gaps and inconsistencies that make us question everything.
More people experience this than they realize.
The death of the family storyteller reveals how much of your sense of shared history depended on one person's version of events.
“Where Are You with The examined life as legacy?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.