![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I had the pleasure of being invited to the Romancing the Gothic book club this past spring so the members could ask me questions about my gothic fairytale. Of course, it took me a little bit to realize my obsession with this humble root vegetable wasn’t entirely normal. I love it when synchronicity is at play to show me that I picked turnips as a symbol of Mercy’s new path for a reason! I later learned that turnips are, in fact, symbols of success and better fortune. The turnips become a symbol for the new life Mercy’s trying to build for herself from nothing but hard work and heartache-and a dream that she can be more than La Llorona’s curse running in her blood. She later becomes rather famous for having some of the best produce-turnips especially-in and around Sueno, New Mexico. In fact, turnips are the thing that gets her going on the whole idea of turning the land she inherited into a working farm. Mercy, the central character in Weep, Woman, Weep, ends up starting Mercy Farm, and among the many vegetables and herbs she grows are turnips. In fact, when writing this novella, I became more than a little obsessed with them, salad turnips, tasting like buttery radishes and purple top and scarlet turnips…there are a surprising number of different types of these humble root veggies. Why? because I LOVE root veggies, including turnips. ![]() Turnips feature prominently in Weep, Woman, Weep. ![]()
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