What a mother’s purse and container collection can teach us about storytelling, inheritance, and motherhood
Writer Brenda Lin grew up surrounded by her mother’s handmade collection of children’s textiles, from baby carriers, tiny shoes, hats, and bibs to a special sub-collection of purses and containers.
While helping her mother organise and write about this deeply personal collection, Brenda began to see the quiet connection between text and textiles. This reflection would eventually become a central metaphor in her new book, Unraveling Threads: Essays on Inheritance.
For this Tipsy Talks session, Brenda will share an essay from the book and explore a tender question: Why do humans gather, hold, and contain the things they love? If love itself could take the shape of a container, what might it look like?
Drawing from Ursula K. Le Guin’s “carrier bag theory of fiction,” Brenda reflects on the stories mothers carry within the intimate spaces of the heart, and how objects, memories, and care are passed down through generations.
Join us for an intimate evening of literature, motherhood, memory, and conversation at The Library Bar. Book signing with Brenda will follow the talk.
從母親的手袋與容器收藏，看見故事、傳承與母職
作家 Brenda Lin 從小在母親親手製作的兒童織品收藏中長大。這些收藏包括嬰兒揹帶、小鞋子、帽子、圍兜，以及一個特別的子系列：各式各樣的手袋與容器。
在協助母親整理並書寫這批收藏的過程中，Brenda 開始看見文字與織品之間細膩而深刻的連結。這份思考，也逐漸成為她新書 《Unraveling Threads: Essays on Inheritance》 中的重要隱喻。
在這場【Tipsy Talks 微醺講堂】中，Brenda 將分享書中的一篇散文，並帶領我們思考一個溫柔而深刻的問題：人為什麼會想要收集、保存，並將所愛之物放進容器裡？ 如果愛本身也有形狀，它會是一個什麼樣的容器？
透過 Ursula K. Le Guin 的 「小說的提袋理論」，Brenda 將與我們一起探討母親如何在心中最親密的空間裡，承載故事、記憶、照顧與傳承。
歡迎來到 The Library Bar，與我們共度一個關於文學、母職、記憶與生活物件的溫柔夜晚。活動當天 Brenda 也將進行新書簽名。
