Shiva's Reviews > Sand

“And if she finds the sand uncomfortable to keep it there, to eat with it there, to talk with it there, she’s just going to have to learn to live with it.”

Sand is a metaphoric story about generational trauma and healing. I didn’t know what the sand represented in my first reading, but then on my second reading, it all made sense. Kirkbride has beautifully shown us the generational trauma we inherit; how we live with it and what kind of a person we become if we let it stay within us.

“You can’t avoid it; it’s just what happens. You can’t unseal the bag. You don’t get to see the colour or weight of the sand you have to put into your child’s mouth until they’re born. It wouldn’t matter even if you could: by that point they exist, and so the sand exists. It’s inevitable.”

So … we all get our sand. “Everyone has sand in their mouths.” We just have to learn the swilling and surround ourselves with people who do not swallow and keep their sand.

4 Stars
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