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Marsha Scarbrough

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Los Angeles, The United States

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Memoir, Spirituality, Self Help

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Marsha Scarbrough is the author of the award-winning memoirs "Medicine Dance" and "Honey in the River".

Her memoir, "20 Years in Hollywood: Tales to Tell", about her time working as an Assistant Director on major feature films and primetime television, is being published in installments on Substack.com.

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A graduate of the Directors Guild of Americas prestigious Assistant Directors Training Program, Marsha has handled logistics, organization and administration for various directors including Clint Eastwood, Leonard Nimoy, Blake Edwards and Carl Reiner.

As a freelance journalist, Marsha has had over 100 articles published in national magazines. As a contributing editor for Written By: Th ...more

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	Medicine Dance: One Woman's Healing Journey into the World of Native American Sweatlodges, Drumming Meditations and Dance Fasts 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Honey in the River: Shadow, Sex and West African Spirituality 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Inside Breaking Bad: How Vince Gilligan created Walter White and sent him straight to Hell 4.40 avg rating — 5 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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20 Years in Hollywood: Tales to Tell

I am publishing my memoir, 20 Years in Hollywood: Tales to Tell, on Substack.com. Become a paid subscriber to receive two installments a month about my years working with celebrities and famous directors as an Assistant Director on major feature films and primetime television. My coworkers included Clint Eastwood, Dolly Parton, John Travolta, Pierce Brosnan, Mary Tyler Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Leona Read more of this blog post »

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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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Exquisite and explicit! Reads like a memoir written in poetry. Feels like a pale pink lotus blossom floating on a muddy pond. I loved it!
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I love this book! It recounts the true-life adventures of a real woman through her letters and conversations with her daughter. As a teenager in 1943, Betty and a friend set out to see the USA. Along the way, they visit Mexico and work as welders on ...more
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Brave! Honest! Explicit! Tragic... Life dealt Virginia a lousy hand. She courageously used the abuse she suffered to teach all of us about the terrible damage that men do when they treat children like sex toys. Hopefully, men will learn the lesson. H ...more
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Brilliant! Thoughtful! Insightful! Coates draws parallels and makes connections between the American South, Gaza, and Africa. Both provocative and healing, it leaves the reader with profound questions to ponder.
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Dr. Maté presents information about how trauma hurts us. He puts the pieces together and shows how our minds, bodies, psyches, and spirits are connected. Revelations abound. Highly recommended.
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