Softest Lore Ep. 41 - Crossing Fifty-One, Not Quite a Memoir by Debbie Russell + Interactive Bookish Game

Guess what? It's interview time! I had the pleasure of interviewing Debbie Russell, an incredible memoir author. Dive into the realities of life and how each moment weaves a result we can trace back generations at a time. 

Synopsis: 

Three Generations of Family Secrets and Midlife Crises All Set the Stage for One Dream to Come True.

A week before Christmas 1951, Dr. Ralph Russell risked everything to voluntarily enter a locked federal drug-treatment facility known as a "narcotic farm."

Sixty-five years later, Dr. Russell's granddaughter Debbie suffers a debilitating crisis of identity when her father (Dr. Russell's oldest son), always her biggest fan, is accepted into hospice.

Debbie's investigation into her paternal lineage reveals family secrets and ignites her mother's volatile outbursts, propelling her into therapy.

When therapy fails her, the grandfather Debbie never knew saves her, and she collaborates with her dying father one last time to make her biggest dream come true.

Crossing Fifty-One pulls back the curtain on the internal struggles of midlife and provides a blueprint for redefining one's self beyond the constraints of addiction and dysfunctional family dynamics.

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