![]() She turned to books for comfort, often skipping class in high school to engross herself in reading at the park. There was an awful subtext there, that our lives as daughters weren’t as valuable as sons.”Īlthough those kinds of remarks didn’t have an adverse effect on her self-esteem, she struggled with depression when she was young because she didn’t feel she fit in culturally or socially with her peers. I remember people saying they felt sorry for my parents for having so many girls. “But what really got some people,” she says, “is that my parents had six daughters and only one son. ![]() ![]() The second oldest of seven children, Fajardo-Anstine recalls strangers expressing dismay at the size of her family. “I began writing the novel long before Sabrina & Corina, when I was still a teenager,” she tells me as we pull out into traffic. We’re about to embark on a tour of her personal landmarks in the city. ![]() She is sporting a Southwestern chic ensemble: a pair of boots, fitted jeans, and a glamorous black blouse. Fajardo-Anstine picks me up from my hotel in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, rolling up in her compact SUV. (Credit: Caleb Santiago Alvarado)Īlthough the sun shines brightly the morning we’re set to meet, the spring air in Denver is crisp. ![]() The novelist in the archives of the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming, where she received her MFA and conducted research for Woman of Light. ![]()
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