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A deeply affecting memoir of motherhood and daughterhood, and how we talk about both, from popular writer Laura June"Laura June writes with wit and melancholy, unabashed joy and tenderness. . . . When I reached the end, I found myself in tears." - Roxane Gay Laura June's daughter, Zelda, was only a few moments old when she held her for the first time, looked into her eyes, and thought, I wish my mother were here. It wasn't a thought she was used to having. Laura was in second grade when she realized her mother was an alcoholic. As the years went by, she spiraled deeper, and by the time of her death, before Zelda's birth, the two had drifted apart entirely. In Now My Heart is Full, Laura June explores how raising her daughter forced her to confront this tragic legacy and recognize the connective tissue that binds generations of women together.



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Laura June

Laura June was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was a founding editor of The Verge and was previously a staff writer at New York Magazine's The Cut. She is currently a contributing writer at The Outline. Her writing has been published in the Washington Post, The Awl, The Hairpin, Jezebel, Vulture, Buzzfeed, and Cosmopolitan.

Her first book, Now My Heart is Full, will be published by Penguin in July, 2018.



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