The Empire of Gold

“Find your happiness, little thief. Steal it and do not ever let it go.”

That made it worse, this passing of a barbed baton between women who, no matter how clever, how powerful, would always be known by the men to whom they were attached.

FOR MY PARENTS, WHO WORKED SO HARD TO

MAKE SURE THEIR CHILDREN COULD DREAM,

AND WHO WERE ALWAYS THERE, NO MATTER

HOW LONG AND FAR MY WANDERINGS

People are often afraid of what they don’t understand.”