Recommended Reads: On Hearing Of My Mother’s Death Six Years After It Happened by Lori Schafer

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What a lovely surprise to find this wonderful review of On Hearing of My Mother’s Death on Suffolk Scribblings by author Dylan Hearn. I don’t know who to thank for recommending it, but I’m looking at you, Geoff Le Pard! :)

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On hearing of my mother's death six years after it happened

At the beginning of the year I took on a reading challenge, and I asked people for their suggestions on indie books they’ve enjoyed reading. The only rules were that you couldn’t suggest more than one (like that stopped you) and you couldn’t promote your own book. The post had a great response (and I’m still looking for more, so if you have any suggestions, please let me know). One of the books suggested was today’s recommended read, the memoir On Hearing Of My Mother’s Death Six Years After It Happened by Lori Schafer.

The Blurb

It was the spring of 1989. I was sixteen years old, a junior in high school and an honors student. I had what every teenager wants: a stable family, a nice home in the suburbs, a great group of friends, big plans for my future, and no reason to believe that any of that…

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