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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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Ann Patchett is one of my favorite authors and Truth & Beauty serves as a reminder as to why I love her writing. This memoir is poignant and honest in the way that one feels as if they are sitting across the table from Patchett and having a conversat ...more
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I was disappointed in Belle's book because it had been suggested to me by several people after they read my memoir, A Dream Life. After the start of her story, I waited for something dramatic to happen, or for Burden to discover something extraordina ...more
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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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