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Lea Grover is a writer, book coach, and speaker in Chicago. She published her first poem at nine years old, a sonnet inspired by Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain.” Through adolescence she was often included in poetry journals, but began studying prose after admission to college at the age of fourteen. While following her polymath interests through seven universities and several years of national service, she continued to publish poems and short stories inspired by her observation of human nature and the complex struggles facing people she encountered while working for the Chicago Housing Authority, living in an artist community, and as a vocal survivor of repeated sexual trauma.

In 2010 she began a parenting blog, Becoming SuperMommy. He ...more

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	Listen to Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We're Saying Now by Ann Imig (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lea Grover (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Lisa Allen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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
	My Other Ex: Women's True Stories of Losing and Leaving Friends by Jessica Smock (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephanie Sprenger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nicole Knepper (Foreword) 3.92 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	Surviving Mental Illness Through Humor by Jessica Azar (Goodreads Author), Alyson Herzig (Goodreads Author), Linda Roy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2015 — 6 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
	Fury: Women's Lived Experiences in the Trump Era by Amy Roost (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alissa Hirshfeld-Flores (Editor), Lea Grover (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Motherhood May Cause Drowsiness: Funny Stories by Sleepy Moms by Lisa Nolan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tamara Woods (Goodreads Author), Jessica Rodefer 4.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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
	When and Always: A Love Story of Disease and Madness it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	Discovering True: #NoMoreShame Project Anthology, Volume 1 by Rachel Thompson, Athena Moberg, Bobbi Parish (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
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