in bits and pieces

At the same time, because it takes place over many years, with much elided, the series can sometimes feel abstract, especially when it moves away from Dolours — a history lesson in bits and pieces, rather than living history.

“I wrote in bits and pieces,” she said in a 2001 interview with Atlantic Monthly.

To encapsulate the memory of her brother, Clyde, and her mother, Emma, who died five years apart, in 2015 and 2010, respectively, Goldberg chronicles their lives in “Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me.”

As detailed in “Bits and Pieces,” much of Goldberg’s life has been steeped in political engagement.

“I love it. I’m just learning so much from them just watching how they work and how they recover. I’m taking in bits and pieces of information on everything.”