Theresa Lou Bowick

Collard Green Curves is an inspiring biography of a life that led to momentous change in a community through a series of trials, misfortunes and perseverance. Theresa Bowick reflects on her life growing up in Rochester, NY with sincerity and genuine contemplation of the events that shaped her, both positive and negative. Through Theresa's heartfelt and down to earth writing, I could easily relate to Theresa's story even though hers is so different than my own. Theresa puts her whole self on the page in order to show the high and low curves of her life through her youth, relationships, schooling, marriage, and body image struggles to show her growth and ability to change herself and the world around her. I was continually impressed by her strength and capacity to build herself back up. Even more than changing herself, Theresa became a positive force within her community rallying a community that told her 'people don't exercise here' to become healthy.… (mehr)