If I have a family tradition, it’s moving, being an outsider, starting again
Sarah Moss: 'You wouldn’t know what to look for in a graveyard even if you knew which one to visit.' Photograph: Bryan O'Brien
I don’t belong there. I visit respectfully as well as regularly, but in the long view, I’m passing through. In various ways, my family has no plot. My grandparents were cremated, ashes scattered on the hills they loved, not particularly near where they lived, which was not particularly near where they were born. I have no idea about their parents’ remains, because we’ve all moved around.
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