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Podcast: New Books in Biography & Memoir
Episode: Donna Besel, "The Unravelling: Incest and the Destruction of a Family" (U Regina Press, 2021)
Description: In this NBN episode host Hollay Ghadery talks to bestselling author Donna Besel about her staggering memoir, The Unravelling: Incest and the Destruction of a Family (University of Regina Press, 2021) which has been hailed as “a shattering story and an essential one, told with consummate honesty and courage.” —Joan Thomas, author of Five WivesThe Unravelling is a brave, riveting telling of the destruction caused by sexual assault within a family, and the physical, psychological, emotional, financial, and legal tolls survivors often shoulder.Donna Besel offers an honest portrayal of the ye...