Preview of Notes for Another Life Summary:

Bridgers herself identifies three themes which occur throughout her work: "the importance of family, the ties to the land and its heritage, and a spirit of hopefulness" ("From the Inside Out"). All three are evident in Notes for Another Life, the story of the Jackson family. It opens with Wren Jackson and her grandmother, Bliss Jackson, traveling by car to the hospital to visit Tom Jackson, Wren's father and Bliss's son. He has...