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Theo Pauline Nestor is the author of Writing Is My Drink: A Writer’s Story of Finding Her Voice (And a Guide to How You Can Too) (Simon & Schuster, 2013) and How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir of Starting Over (Crown, 2008), which was selected by Kirkus Reviews as a 2008 Top Pick for Reading Groups and as a Target “Breakout Book.” An award-winning instructor, Nestor has taught the memoir certificate course for the University of Washington’s Professional & Continuing Education program since 2006. Nestor also produces events for writers such as the Wild Mountain Memoir Retreat, Bird by Bird & Beyond, and the Black Mesa Writers’ Intensive, featuring talks by literary leaders such as Anne Lamott, Cheryl Strayed, Julia Cameron, and ...more

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	Modern Love: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption by Daniel Jones (Goodreads Author) (Editor)(Narrator)(Introduction), Marisa Lascher (Contributor), Matteson Perry (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 14,009 ratings — published 2007 — 43 editions	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
	How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir 3.46 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	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
	Writing Is My Drink: A Writer's Story of Finding Her Voice 4.17 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	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
	We Came Back to Say really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	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
	Modern Love: Fifty 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Como Dormir Sozinha Numa Cama de Casal 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Die Kunst, allein im Doppelbett zu schlafen Mein schoenes neues Leben ohne ihn 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	We Came to Say : A Collection of Memoir by Theo Pauline Nestor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer Landau (Contributor), Paul Boardman (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	(How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir of Starting Over) [By: Nestor, Theo Pauline] [Feb, 2009] by Theo Pauline Nestor (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“I feel like I’ve joined an enormous club, something like the Veterans of Foreign Wars. We are weary with battle fatigue and sometimes even gripped by nostalgia for the good old, bad old days, but our numbers are large.”
― Theo Pauline Nestor, How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir

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“It's hard to conceive of the enormity of the toll of marriage gone awry. How many of us live not just with heartbreak and despair, but also with the grainier, grittier successors of loss - nagging ambivalence, alienation, isolation, and ennui?”
― Theo Pauline Nestor, How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir

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