Legacy of a Child Bride

I’m still trying to reconcile our family’s dirty little secret with my own life.

Katherine Taylor
Nov 4 · 4 min read
Photo by Mel on Unsplash

Their marriage certificate hung in the narrow hallway of the white and green house where I spent so much of my childhood.

It had pride of place among the paintings from various grandchildren and my sister’s letter to Santa, printed in the parish paper when she was…

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Katherine Taylor

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Autistic. Disability rights advocate. Film enthusiast and critic. Short story author.

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