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Update on Secrets of the Asylum

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It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here. I am still selling my book, Secrets of the Asylum, but I can’t travel to promote it for the foreseeable future, for medical reasons. The short version of what happened is: long car trip > deep vein thrombosis (DVT) > pulmonary embolism (PE). Fortunately, I survived, but am still recovering. I’m thankful for excellent medical care and the support of my loving husband, friends, and family.

Because I’m not on the road selling my book, I am relying on online sales. If you have read it already, and liked it, please tell other people about it. Leaving a review and/or a star rating on Amazon would also help sell the book.

If you haven’t read the book, you may be interested to know that the most frequent comment I get about it is, “I couldn’t put it down.” Maybe that will entice you to give it a try.

Please buy from BookBaby because they give me the best royalties. https://store.bookbaby.com/book/secrets-of-the-asylum

Finally, here’s some unsolicited medical advice: if you are going to be driving or flying for an extended period, wear compression socks! I wish I had.

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Book Review in Severance

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I hope you will take the time to read this review of Secrets of the Asylum published in Severance, an online publication which calls itself “a magazine and community for people who’ve been separated from biological family.”

Severance gives a voice to people who were adopted, or donor conceived, or who found out that one or both of their parents aren’t related to them biologically. In this age of genetic genealogy, more and more people are discovering unexpected things in their family trees, upending their sense of identity. Severance allows people to share how these circumstances have affected them. In addition to validating their emotional truths, the essays in the magazine lend support to others in similar situations. Severance also helps identity seekers by pointing them to resources to help them on their journey to discover the truth about their beginnings.

Although the story I tell in Secrets of the Asylum isn’t typical of those told in Severance, it touches on themes that come up whenever DNA surprises are uncovered: intergenerational trauma and the consequences of family secrets.