Comments on: Alice Sebold’s Lucky, a searing memoir of trauma http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/alice-sebolds-lucky-a-searing-memoir-of-trauma/ 140 Essays to Help You Read and Write Memoirs by Jerry Waxler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:40:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sharon Lippincott, aka Ritergal http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/alice-sebolds-lucky-a-searing-memoir-of-trauma/#comment-154 Sharon Lippincott, aka Ritergal Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:32:23 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/alice-sebolds-lucky-a-searing-memoir-of-trauma/#comment-154 Jerry, This post is the most compelling explanation I have ever read on the subject of the power of writing about trauma, as well as the challenges of doing so in a meaningful way. I salute the courage it took for you to stay the course to the end of the book, and for interpreting the lessons for those who don't feel up to reading it. Hopefully your analysis will encourage more people to read and benefit from what sounds like an amazing book. Thank you! Jerry,

This post is the most compelling explanation I have ever read on the subject of the power of writing about trauma, as well as the challenges of doing so in a meaningful way. I salute the courage it took for you to stay the course to the end of the book, and for interpreting the lessons for those who don’t feel up to reading it. Hopefully your analysis will encourage more people to read and benefit from what sounds like an amazing book. Thank you!

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