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Shayla Dugan was recently featured in The New York Times Style (print edition) in a piece on empty nesting and life transitions. A former social worker, she draws on her experiences to explore the humor, heartbreak, and humanity in relationships in her fiction and nonfiction writing.

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Learning to Swim

4.24 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions

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Shayla Dugan finished reading Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything by Alyson Stoner Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Memoir	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Shayla Dugan rated a book it was ok The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I was so excited for Wally Lamb to have a new book coming out. I Know This Much Is True is one of my all time favorites and I have loved the emotion and growth his characters show along with the complex stories. This book was such a huge miss for me ...more
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Shayla Dugan rated a book really liked it Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom by Christine Brown Woolley	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I am sheepishly coming on Goodreads to confess that I watch Sister Wives. I know reality TV isn't everyone's thing. I actually don't watch a lot of reality television but this is one of my "reality" vices. And now that that is in the open, let's disc ...more
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Shayla Dugan rated a book it was amazing Misplaced Childhood: A True Story of Resiliency and Child Advocacy by Joan Ulsher (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was a really vulnerable memoir regarding the abuse the author suffered as a child and how that affected her into adulthood. It was incredibly insightful in regard to how spending a childhood feeling unsafe can ripple into choices you make in adu ...more
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Shayla Dugan rated a book it was amazing Echoes of Absence by Chelsey Gordon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As a former hospice social worker and grief counselor, this book struck many chords with me. It covered so many aspects beyond the typical stages of grief in such a raw, almost poetry slam style of cadence. Truly a beautiful experience to walk this j ...more
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Shayla Dugan rated a book it was amazing Gap Year by Lindsey Goldstein	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Several years ago, when our youngest child left the nest, I joked with my husband that we needed a gap year in Hawaii. It was a pipe dream. There were parts of this book that resonated deeply with that desire to escape responsibility, live an adventu ...more
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This book is described as a "cozy mystery" and it definitely fills the bill along with a side of "rom com." Elle walks the tightrope of self doubt and confidence that nearly every woman experiences and she does it with wit and intelligent insight. Co ...more
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Shayla Dugan is now following Kristen Bahls Author of A Flair for Trouble (Teachable Book 1)
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