Cara Benson: Losing a Loved One - Part 1
For the first part of two episodes dealing with the loss of someone close, we have author Cara Benson in conversation with TW Creative Director John Vogel.
In An Armfull of Birds, Cara takes us through her adult life by alternating between two time periods: her “drinking days” and her recovery period. The first chapter starts in 2006, meeting her future partner Jon in recovery. In the next chapter she takes us back to 1993, a quick downfall from performing and various arts-related jobs into addiction and unemployment that hits rock bottom facing death at the hands of an abusive partner.
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