I wanted to write about the third world and had the opportunity to go live in the trenches, so to speak.
Lurlene McDanielI wrote the book Don't Die, My Love as I was going through radiation, so it certainly has an air of authenticity about it because I was there. I think all of my books took on kind of a deeper tone when the lady who wrote about cancer all of a sudden had cancer. I'm doing well. I went through it all and they said, 'You're fine."
Lurlene McDanielIn truth, I don't want to be there. I don't want to see the light go out of my brother's eyes.
Lurlene McDaniel