Tiff Holland
The stories in Betty Superman are true, except when they're not. They're based on Tiff Hollandâ€™s relationship with her mother, a story arc all its own, only Betty isn't her mother and Hollandâ€™s not the narrator, not completely. Over the course of the chapbook, both Betty and the narrator suffer from serious illnesses. One of them is recovering; one of them is not. Consequently, theyâ€™ve ended up spending more time together. They have "adventures," as Betty calls them, and really talk for probably the first time in their lives. They inexplicably find themselves in Bettyâ€™s red PT Cruiser driving around to Walgreen's and Cracker Barrel, selling gold for cash, and pumping gas. In unsentimental and percussive prose, Holland examines Betty as character, dragon lady, mother, and reluctant superhero.
Betty Superman