CASSANDRA LANE was eleven years old when she told her mother she wanted to be a writer—but she added that she wanted to be "behind the scenes." Well, she's not behind the scenes anymore. Her debut memoir, We Are Bridges, was published in April of 2021 by Feminist Press. In it, she writes
Cassandra Lane and her memoir both sound fascinating. Thank you for highlighting her on How We Spend Our Days. As the child of an Indigenous dad and a white mom, I have questions similar to Cassandra's about what happened to the Indigenous side of my family. Her search for information, and her frank portrayal of her path to motherhood, both interest me because we are in danger of losing not just our abortion rights, but even the language of a chosen abortion she writes as, "And so I, her quietly obstinate firstborn, held her just-out-of-the-womb lastborn mere weeks after I had aborted what would have been her firstborn grandchild." As an obstinate third born who chose not to have children, I honor her choices at seventeen and later, and am curious to know more.
Cassandra Lane and her memoir both sound fascinating. Thank you for highlighting her on How We Spend Our Days. As the child of an Indigenous dad and a white mom, I have questions similar to Cassandra's about what happened to the Indigenous side of my family. Her search for information, and her frank portrayal of her path to motherhood, both interest me because we are in danger of losing not just our abortion rights, but even the language of a chosen abortion she writes as, "And so I, her quietly obstinate firstborn, held her just-out-of-the-womb lastborn mere weeks after I had aborted what would have been her firstborn grandchild." As an obstinate third born who chose not to have children, I honor her choices at seventeen and later, and am curious to know more.