Um, why was that so important to you?

you?I think, um, you know, and this I'm gonna mention one of the books that would be on the l- my 250 list.

I think it's because, um, I was looking for stability, and I didn't have stability as a child.

We were m- moving around a lot.

Uh, a house for me meant, uh, not being afraid.

And the book that, uh, translated that for me was a book I took out of the library about 11 times or more, uh, The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton, which was a book I loved before I even knew how to read.

And my brother and I, my brother Kiki, I have six brothers, but I'm very close to Kiki, he and I would go to the library and take the book out, and take the book out, and then like, you know, bring it back when the date was due and take it out again.

Um, I wonder what, what did you want to say to your readers about this idea of womanhood or, or coming of age, I guess?