Robyn Carr Quote

Did your mother tell the authorities? she asked. No. He laughed again. She told my brothers. She said, ‘If he comes home with one bruise, I will beat you and then your father will beat you.’ Well, that’s pretty horrible, Brie said. Old World. Tradition. He grinned. Don’t worry, Brie. There were a lot more threats than there were beatings. I don’t remember beatings. My father whipped us across the bottom with his belt, but never injured anyone. For my mother, it was the wooden spoon. Not your pansy gringo wooden spoon, but a spoon as long as her arm. Christ, if the belt was unbuckled or the spoon plucked off the shelf, we ran like holy hell. The next generation of Valenzuelas has given up that form of child raising. By the way, it’s not Mexican by genesis—it’s that generation. It was not against the law to beat your child if he misbehaved. She

Robyn Carr

Did your mother tell the authorities? she asked. No. He laughed again. She told my brothers. She said, ‘If he comes home with one bruise, I will beat you and then your father will beat you.’ Well, that’s pretty horrible, Brie said. Old World. Tradition. He grinned. Don’t worry, Brie. There were a lot more threats than there were beatings. I don’t remember beatings. My father whipped us across the bottom with his belt, but never injured anyone. For my mother, it was the wooden spoon. Not your pansy gringo wooden spoon, but a spoon as long as her arm. Christ, if the belt was unbuckled or the spoon plucked off the shelf, we ran like holy hell. The next generation of Valenzuelas has given up that form of child raising. By the way, it’s not Mexican by genesis—it’s that generation. It was not against the law to beat your child if he misbehaved. She

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About Robyn Carr

Robyn Carr is an American author. She is the writer of the Virgin River series of books and has written more than fifty novels. Her novels have been on The New York Times Best Seller list, including titles such as The Hero.
She is also an executive producer on the television adaptations of Virgin River and Sullivan's Crossing.