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Wendy Swift

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Wendy Swift is the author of a memoir, A Dream Life, as well as essays published in HuffPost, Memoir Magazine, Grub Street Literary Magazine, Barely South Review, Yellow Arrow Journal, Brevity Blog and Lonesome Press. In 2006, Swift earned the Press Club of Long Island Award for her essay “Ritter’s Pond,” and in 2022, she earned Honorable Mention from the Connecticut Press Club for “The Sentencing.” In addition, Swift is a mentor with We Are Not Numbers, a writing platform for Palestinian writers. Swift serves as a fiction reader for Mud Season Review. She lives in Connecticut and when she is not writing or thinking about writing, she is walking wooded trails with her hound, Lulu.


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A Dream Life: A Memoir

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"Thank you Wendy for an extraordinary book. I am so happy you made it through -and got your "Dream Life" = Super book- Very candid and passionate.. Loved it- A must read!! "
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"This book is such a beautiful read. It at once shows the humility of truly taking accountability for one’s self and the grace of how to move on and forgive oneself. It is heartbreakingly beautiful.
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"Wendy Swift’s memoir is extraordinary. What struck me most was the courage it must have taken for her to write with such honesty and vulnerability. She does not simply tell her story—she invites the reader to inhabit it, trusting us with moments that" Read more of this review »
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"I so enjoyed reading this! I didn't expect the book to be as easy and absorbing to read; after all, I knew what it was about: innocent wife finds out her husband has deceived his family and destroyed their safe harbor. Yes, but the lessons and insigh" Read more of this review »
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Sawadika Girl takes place in Thailand during the Vietnam War, focusing on one girl's (Piper) experience over the course of a week during which time she emerges from being simply a young teenager who lives with her USAID employed father and stay-at-ho ...more
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I had the opportunity to read an Advanced Reader Copy of this beautifully crafted and poignant memoir. Athanassaiades has brilliantly captured in prose/poetry the way in which nature and time can have the effect of healing trauma. Her writing captiva ...more
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