BECOMING WHOLE: Writing Your Healing Story

About this book

"Becoming Whole" is an important contribution to the literature of memoirs and writing. With elegant lively prose Linda Joy Myers demonstrates the power of a memoir to bridge integrate and heal the past. At the same time she offers proven lessons in the art and craft of memoir-writing. She reveals the profound process by which memoirs express both personal and universal meaning. Becoming Whole includes insights into the healing that comes from reliving expressing and sharing life experiences; samples of writing that illustrate each chapter; exercises to help writers craft powerful prose; dynamic prompts to help bring forgotten memories to the surface; a thorough bibliography of writing resources and published memoirs; and a special section for therapists who apply memoir-writing in their own practices.