Breaking Ground

<p>Author and journalist Kristen Millares Young shares lessons she learned from her Cuban mom Carmen on how to break ground while having a community orientation, how to be adaptable and resilient and thrive in a new environment, and on novels being a way of studying the human mind. Kristen also talks about her new novel “Subduction”, about the Makah Tribe featured in her novel, and about the challenges of motherhood.</p> <p>To learn more about Kristen and her novel "Subduction", please visit her <a href= "https://kristenmyoung.com/forthcoming-fiction/">website</a>. </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">To contact Ana, please send your mail to: info@thankyoumama.net</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">For more about “Thank You, Mama" and to subscribe to the monthly newsletter, please visit: <a href= "http://www.tajder.com/"><span class= "s2">http://www.thankyoumama.net</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">The books we mentioned are <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52623750-wintering?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=4oHbh31DOQ&rank=1"> "Wintering"</a> by Katherine May and <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31684925-chemistry">"Chemistry"</a> by Weike Wang. </span></p> <p> </p>