Linda Joy Myers - Song of the Plains (Corte Madera)

Song of the Plains: A Memoir of Family, Secrets, and Silence is a weaving of family history that starts in the Oklahoma plains and spans over forty years as Myers combs through dusty archives, family stories, and genealogy online. She discovers the secrets that help to explain the fractures in her family, and the ways in which her mother and grandmother found a way not only to survive the great challenges of their eras but to thrive, despite mental illness and abuse. She discovers how decisions made long ago broke her family apart―and she makes it her life’s work to change her family story from one of abuse and loss to one of finding and creating a new story of hope, forgiveness, healing, and love.
 
Linda Joy Myers is president and founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers. Her memoir Don’t Call Me Mother: A Daughter’s Journey from Abandonment to Forgiveness was a finalist in the ForeWord Book of the Year Award, a finalist in the Indie Excellence Awards, and the winner of the BAIPA Gold Medal award. She’s the author of three books on memoir writing: The Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story, Journey of Memoir, and Becoming Whole. She’s a co-author with Brooke Warner of two books: Breaking Ground on Your Memoir and The Magic of Memoir. Myers writes for the Huffington Post and co-teaches the program Write Your Memoir in Six Months with Brooke Warner. A therapist for thirty-eight years, Myers also speaks about memoir, healing, and the power of writing the truth.

 

Location: 

51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Song of the Plains: A Memoir of Family, Secrets, and Silence By Linda Joy Myers Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781631522161
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Published: She Writes Press - June 20th, 2017