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The Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir

The Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir

Kelly McMasters Wonders What is Enough When Revealing Hard Truths

By Kelly McMasters | May 31, 2023

Kelly McMasters on Starting a Bookstore to Save Her Marriage

Kelly McMasters on Starting a Bookstore to Save Her Marriage

“And so, I kept pumping the bellows, trying to keep the fire between us burning.”

By Kelly McMasters | May 9, 2023

Finding Home: On the Journey Back to Writing as a Single Mother

Finding Home: On the Journey Back to Writing as a Single Mother

Kelly McMasters: “My own writing, meanwhile, was like a distant song.”

By Kelly McMasters | March 17, 2021

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