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I decided to take a pilgrimage to the Montgomery, Alabama sites in my novel Coming Up for Air. I'm alone and taking a photo of myself headed out—taking fiction to the next level.
My first stop was the Greyhound Bus Station where the Freedom Riders ended with a bloody and terrible attack.
Seeing this place sent chills up my spine, and broke my heart. What bravery; What Heart; What Desire that changed our world.
Then I drove the half mile to the Civil Rights Memorial where Ellie went with Hutch and began her journey not only into her mother's past but her own....
