Let's Talk Memoir
Episode 130 ft. Dorothy and Rachel Leland
Dorothy and Rachel Leland join Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about Rachel’s battle with Lyme disease beginning at 13 years old, controversial medical diagnoses, advocating for treatment, living with chronic illness, keeping a journal, collaborating on a story, writing a memoir as a mother-daughter team and honoring both of those perspectives, taking care of ourselves when working on physically charged material, and their memoir Finding Resilience: A Teen’s Journey Through Lyme Disease.
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Episode 220 ft. Camille U. Adams
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Episode 219 ft. Lora Arbrador
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