Illustrated with photographs from the authors personal collection two or three things i know for sure tells the story of the gibson women sisters cousins daughters and aunts and the men who loved them often abused them and nonetheless shared their destinies with luminous clarity allison explores how desire surprises and what power feels like to a young girl as she confronts abuse. Two or three things i know for sure is the story of big losses and then a great victory the story of success through pain and poverty dorothy allison was born in a small town in a poor family she lived there with her mother aunts sisters stepfather and uncles. Two or three things i know for sure quotes showing 1 30 of 30 two or three things i know for sure and one of them is the way you can both hate and love something you are not sure you understand dorothy allison two or three things i know for sure 1862 likes like. Illustrated with photographs from the authors personal collection two or three things i know for sure tells the story of the gibson women sisters cousins daughters and aunts and the men who loved them often abused them and nonetheless shared their destinies