Memoir as Medicine: The Healing Power of Writing Your Messy, Imperfect, Unruly (But Gorgeously Yours) Life Story Contributor(s): Aronie, Nancy Slonim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608688070 ISBN-13: 9781608688074 Publisher: New World Library OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2022 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Self-help | Creativity |
Dewey: 808.066 |
LCCN: 2021057616 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 216 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A wonderfully fresh and frank guide to why and how to write personal stories that will heal, liberate, inspire -- and entertain -- both writer and reader Writing has been medicine for Nancy Slonim Aronie. At nine months old, her son Dan was diagnosed with diabetes. Then, at twenty-two, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. During the years she and her husband took care of Dan, and when he died at age thirty-eight, Aronie could not find the book she needed. So she wrote her memoir. In her decades of teaching memoir writing, Aronie has found that everyone has a story to tell and that telling it is important. Being willing to share "this is who I am, these are the things that shaped me, this is where I am now" allows a kind of magic and healing to happen. Over decades of self-healing and teaching, Aronie has created a set of prompts, directions, and examples that show readers how to:
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