A retired psychologist and consultant, previous winery owner, mother, and grandmother, I began writing to relay our experience with toxic mold. This journey led to the publication of MOLDed: A Memoir of Loss & Resilience and essays in Business Insider, Wired, The New York Times, Next Avenue, and elsewhere. My topics vary (toxic mold, dementia, family, travel, and aging), but focus on themes of resilience and gratitude.
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MOLDed: A Memoir of Loss & Resilience
After fighting mold for twenty-two months, we left everything to move our family to a drier area. While mold-free for over two decades, the experience still haunts me. MOLDed: A Memoir of Loss & Resilience shines light on what it is like to fight and recover from toxic mold: upheaval, loss, resilience, and gratitude.
“Customers find this memoir engaging and well-written, describing it as a powerful real-life horror story that keeps readers turning the pages. The book offers valuable life lessons, with one customer noting its educational value about a highly destructive organism. Customers praise its focus on familial love and support, while also appreciating its uplifting message of human endurance and unwavering courage, with a steady undercurrent of hope throughout.” — Summary of 55 Amazon Reviews (5 out of 5 Rating)