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Conch Shell Dream Revisited

Eight months after my memoir was published, I am still living in the strange quiet that follows. The book took more than a decade to write, and while I initially felt relief and a sense of completion, the post-publication period has brought its own grief and disorientation.

Conch Shell Dream Revisited

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Eight months after my memoir was published, I am still living in the strange quiet that follows.

The book took more than a decade to write, and while I initially felt relief and a sense of completion, the post-publication period has brought its own grief and disorientation.

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Eight months after my memoir was published, I am still living in the strange quiet that follows. The book took more than a decade to write, and while I initially felt relief and a sense of completion, the post-publication period has brought its own grief and disorientation. I had thought the hardest part was behind […]

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