Tag: Memoir
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Life After Uncovering a Mind-Blowing Family Secret
Dani Shapiro talks about her extraordinary new memoir, Inheritance, and what it’s like to “rewrite” your origin story at age 54.
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Is Paddy Heneghan Dead?
Ecosystem ecologist Liam Heneghan, keeping vigil by his father’s bedside, glimpses how all life resides in the kingdom of decay.
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The Greatest Piano Prodigy You’ve Never Heard Of
Natalie Trayling was one of the world’s most wonderful pianists, but her genius was nearly lost to history because she played and lived on the streets, where she truly felt free.
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In This Grief Tale, the Couple Does the Impossible
Reeling from the loss of their 7-year-old, Jill and Matt decide to confront “the afterdeath” head on.
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Two Young Women Find Themselves Pregnant at the Same Time—By the Same Man
Within weeks of each other, a preppy grad student and a tattooed musician, both struck by crushing grief, sit in the same clinic beside the same philandering artist, waiting for the same procedure.
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How One Woman Fought for the Chance to Become a Better Writer
In a quest to improve her prose, Sandra Gail Lambert constantly had to push aside feedback that tokenized her in order to get criticism that was actually helpful. Here’s how she succeeded.
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The Steep Cost of One Night on the Beach With a Boy
After getting pregnant at 16, the author’s community and loved ones, who turned their heads at everyone else’s mistakes, didn’t extend the same kindness to her. It took its toll.