This was supposed to be her big break - until anonymous notes from a killer with clues to their subsequent murders started finding their way to Marissa, alongside relics from her subterranean childhood at the crime scenes.

Marissa’s plan to stay low begins to unravel when she is offered a job as a crime photographer for the Portland Post. As a 27-year-old, Marissa now goes by “Claire Lou,” a photographer in Portland determined to keep her past in a tightly locked vault. Born inside a basement in a small community of kidnapped women and two other basement-born children, Marissa never saw sunlight until nearly a decade into her life. Her second published work, Lies We Bury (2021), is a twisting murder mystery that revolves around Marissa Mo, a bunker-captive survivor. Have you ever felt bubbling anger at a passing word from a friend, only to feel ashamed afterward? Have you ever surprised yourself by bursting into tears watching an innocent video of an adorable moment? There is a deeper layer to peel back in these seemingly irrational reactions.Įlle Marr is a Chinese American author who thoroughly appreciates and acknowledges the importance of behavioral patterns. These patterns are deeply ingrained in our subconscious, directing our behaviors in ways we might find puzzling if the patterns are left unexamined. Humans start developing patterns and assumptions the moment we are born in order to survive. In short, “ correlates our feelings, thoughts, beliefs, and what we expect in life as adults to the way we attach to our primary caregivers as infants” ( Impellizeri). This comprehension is heavily built upon in the field of psychology, an example being attachment theory. Every thought, every choice, every path chosen big or small, tapers from the experiences of our malleable childhood.

ANGELINE KEK WRITES - There is a truth about the human experience that helps those of us who have embraced its lessons to walk around with an easier spring in our steps - the understanding that we are products of our pasts.

The life we bury book review