Juneau author Kate Troll traces the “Troll Tribe” history in an attempt to uncover and understand.
By Kate Troll; Cirque Press, 2023; 186 pages; $20.
Kate Troll, a Juneau writer and speaker on environmental and climate issues, is one of what she calls the “Troll Tribe,” six close-in-age children who, as Air Force “brats,” changed countries and schools every few years and grew up in a loving family as a team.
The mystery begins in 1985 when Kate, examining her birth certificate, finds an odd notation on it. When she asks her mother a simple question, her mother shuts her down. Fast-forward to 2012, when Kate turns 60 and her mother dies, and then to 2017, when Kate’s daughter has her DNA tested and finds an unexpected match. Kate starts on a hunt that involves a reluctant correspondent. One mystery leads to another, one frustration to another, one surprise to another.
To better understand both parents, Kate read through letters her father had sent home to his parents during the war. She quotes heavily from them, describing bombing runs, his pride and his fears, his desire to “be someone” set against the attraction of a “quiet life,” “if he trains himself to live in a spirit of kindness and brotherhood.
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