Betty
by Tiffany McDaniel· 2021
An intricate and haunting coming of age tale, Betty charts the path of a young woman who, growing up amidst racism and poverty, discovers the power of storytelling. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and violence - both from outside the family and also from within. When her family's secrets are brought to light, Betty has no choice but to reckon with the history hiding in the hills, as well as the cruelties and characters she encounters in her rural town of Breathed, Ohio. Despite the hardship she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her love for her sisters and her father's stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all she bears witness to, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write. A story full of the cruelty of human nature and the redemptive power of words.
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An intricate and haunting coming of age tale, Betty charts the path of a young woman who, growing up amidst racism and poverty, discovers the power of storytelling. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and violence - both from outside the family and also from within. When her family's secrets are brought to light, Betty has no choice but to reckon with the history hiding in the hills, as well as the cruelties and characters she encounters in her rural town of Breathed, Ohio. Despite the hardship she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her love for her sisters and her father's stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all she bears witness to, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write. A story full of the cruelty of human nature and the redemptive power of words.