strongA wonderfully fresh and frank guide to why and how to write personal stories that will heal, liberate, inspire -- and entertain -- both writer and readerbr strongbr 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. br br In her decades of teaching memoir writing, Aronie has found that emeveryoneem 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 ulliget to the heart of what they need to say -- and say it effectivelylil