The Mother of All Decisions with Betsy Armstrong

Be sure to click follow on this podcast so you'll get the new episode that posts on the first Tuesday of each month. For April 2025 host Michelle Redo talks with Betsy Armstrong about her debut memoir, The Mother of All Decisions: A Memoir of Mother Loss, Legacy and Adopting Kids in Midlife.Daring to Tell is proud to be a sponsor at this year's Woodstock Bookfest, April 4-6. Hear Michelle talk with festival director Martha Frankel here and Sari Botton, moderator of the panel discussion called On Permission: Daring to Tell, here.Be sure to sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter, The Re-do at michelleredo.comHear more of Phil Redo's music on Bandcamp, Apple Music and Spotify.

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Don't forget to follow this podcast!Emerging writer Ching Ching Tan reads from her as-of yet-unpublished memoir, An Extra.Learn more about her and read some of her other publications at chingchingtan.comSign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Redo at michelleredo.comI can't vouch for what this website is selling, but this is a place where you can see the components Ching Ching describes in the traditional Chinese character for listening.Listen to more of Phil Redo's music on Apple Music or Spotify, as well as here.

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Find out more about writer Robert Norris at robertwnorris.com where you can also order his book The Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don't Rise: Pentimento Memories of Mom and Me.Sign up for Michelle Redo's free newsletter, The Redo at michelleredo.comAnd if you enjoyed this episode you might also enjoy Daring to Tell's episode with Chris Woolf reading from his book Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush.Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Bandcamp or on Spotify.

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