Felicia Sullivan checks out the front-of-store display of
her memoir, The Sky Isn’t Visible From Here, at the (soon-to-close) Chelsea outpost of Barnes & Noble, where she’ll be reading tonight. Earlier this week, she spoke with Smith magazine about being ready to share her story:
“For years the concept of people knowing about my past terrified me. I thought I would be judged because of my humble background, the fact that my mother was a drug addict—I felt as if I would be judged not for the person I was but for the environment from which I came. However, over the past few years, the most amazing thing has happened. Once I let go of the burden of shame and finally mourned losing my mother, it became easier for me to tell people the truth.”