Author Julie Fingersh came on the pod and shared with Rachel a picture of a dragonfly which is a sign of her younger brother Danny and part of a much larger, intimate, moving and powerful story. It all gets to the story behind Julie's debut memoir, STAY. Julie and Rachel covered a lot in this episode: family and family secrets, trauma, empty nesting, career choices, writing, letting go and staying.
Julie Fingersh is a writer, freelance journalist and author. Her personal essays, editorials, and reporting cover culture, wellness, parenting adult children, cooking, and how to lead a more sane and meaningful life. Julie's work has appeared in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post and more. Her blog is a midlife sequel of an award-winning humorist column she wrote in New York City in her twenties for Billboard Publications.
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