BECOMING WHOLE: Writing Your Healing Story

"Becoming Whole" is an important contribution to the literature of memoirs and writing. With elegant, lively prose, Linda Joy Myers demonstrates the power of a memoir to bridge, integrate, and heal the past. At the same time, she offers proven lessons in the art and craft of memoir-writing. She reveals the profound process by which memoirs express both personal and universal meaning.

Becoming Whole includes insights into the healing that comes from reliving, expressing, and sharing life experiences; samples of writing that illustrate each chapter; exercises to help writers craft powerful prose; dynamic prompts to help bring forgotten memories to the surface; a thorough bibliography of writing resources and published memoirs; and a special section for therapists who apply memoir-writing in their own practices.