Amy Hill Hearth

On My Own at 107 is Sarah "Sadie" Delany's tribute to Bessie, her beloved younger sister and century-long companion, who died on September 25, 1995, at age 104. Just four years earlier, Bessie and Sadie, along with former New York Times reporter Amy Hill Hearth, co-wrote the bestselling Having Our Say, which told the story of the sisters' remarkable lives as witnesses to a century. Here, Sadie reflects on the first year following Bessie's death.