No Rehearsal Reading 11 16 2014
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This memoir takes readers through my fourteen elementary schools, twenty-six houses, three states, and inept, quirky parents. My father married nine times. My mother married four. They married each other three times. The characters in this drama are real—imperfect, complex, sad and funny. Raising my siblings and making my own decisions was background research for the extraordinary demands of parenting, widowhood, the loss of one son and my older son’s attempt to take his own life. With tenacity, friendships and accountability as my guides, I struggled to figure out what matters, who matters and whether I matter.
Read MoreThis memoir takes readers through my fourteen elementary schools, twenty-six houses, three states, and inept, quirky parents. My father married nine times. My mother married four. They married each other three times. The characters in this drama are real—imperfect, complex, sad and funny. Raising my siblings and making my own decisions was background research for the extraordinary demands of parenting, widowhood, the loss of one son and my older son’s attempt to take his own life. With tenacity, friendships and accountability as my guides, I struggled to figure out what matters, who matters and whether I matter.
