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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A groundbreaking work for healing long-term emotional problems</p> <p><i>The Power of Memoir</i> is a pioneering how-to book that provides a new step-by-step program to use memoir writing as a therapeutic process. By going through these steps you'll learn how to choose the significant milestones and turning points that make up a coherent story leading to a life-changing epiphany.</p> <ul> <li>Help uncover the secret stories that are the keys to healing</li> <li>Explore the dynamics and roles of dysfunctional families</li> <li>Heal old wounds, creating a better present and brighter future</li> </ul> <p>Using many examples from her students and clients, the author shows how creative, well-planned, and carefully researched memoir writing can offer a process for sorting out the truth from lies and family myths.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><i>The Power of Memoir</i> is a groundbreaking book that presents an innovative step-by-step program using memoir writing on the journey of emotional and physical healing. By drawing on the eight steps outlined in <i>The Power of Memoir</i>, you'll learn how to choose the significant milestones in your life and weave together your personal story. You'll discover how writing your truths and shaping your narrative propel you toward a life-changing transformation. <i>The Power of Memoir</i> offers the tools you need to heal the pain of the past and create a better present and a brighter future. <p>PRAISE FOR <i>The Power of Memoir</i> <p><b>"With a gentle spirit and a clear voice, Linda Joy Myers creates a safe place for writers. With her eight-step program, Myers guides writers through the dark places of the heart, to ultimately arrive at a place of power and grace."</b></br> --Sue William Silverman, author, <i> Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir</i> and<i> Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You</i> <p><b> "Myers makes a compelling case for the power of words as a form of healing and growth."</b></br> --James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D., professor of psychology, University of Texas at Austin, and author, <i> Opening Up</i> and <i>Writing To Heal</i> <p><b>"A powerful and unique writing guide--one that will lead any writer straight to the heart of their richest material, help them heal, and then teach them how to shape it into literature. Destined to become a classic!"</b></br> --Jordan E. Rosenfeld, contributing editor, <i>Writer's Digest</i> magazine, and author, <i>Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time</i> <p><b>"This material is found nowhere else."</b></br> --Sharon Lippincott, M.A., author, <i>The Heart and Craft of Story Writing</i><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D., </b> is president of the National Association of Memoir Writers and a practicing psychotherapist. She is the author of <i>Don't Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment</i>, which won the Gold Medal Award from the Bay Area Independent Publishing Association in 2007.

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