Author Program: A Dream Life w/ Wendy Swift

“A brutally honest portrayal of the emotional, psychological, and economic struggle to keep one’s family intact while enduring the acute financial betrayal and emotional abuse of a rogue spouse.” Lisa Lawler, Founder of The White-Collar Wives Project

This powerful memoir illuminates the complex challenges families face when confronted with addiction, mental illness, and incarceration. Swift blends unflinching truth-telling with wry self-reflection, awakening readers to the consequences of denial and the restorative power of self-possession. A Dream Life ultimately affirms that anyone can unknowingly fall prey to false beliefs, but once the truth is revealed and the fear of dislocation and upheaval is faced, renewal and strength can emerge.

Wendy Swift is the author of essays published in HuffPost, Memoir Magazine, Grub Street Literary Magazine, Barely South Review, Yellow Arrow Journal, and Brevity Blog. Swift has earned the Press Club of Long Island Award and and Honorable Mention from the Connecticut Press Club. She lives in Connecticut.

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