Randy Bartz asked Darcy Leech:

What draws you to this genre?

Darcy Leech o This book is part of my calling in life – I feel destined to write it being the healthy daughter of the strongest woman I will ever know who carried a genetic degenerative disease. When my brother passed away when I was 16, I carried a notebook with me everywhere, and I wrote essays to cope with the feelings and mute the stimulus around me. Writing is a survival tactic for me, and so is reading well-written, honest stories I can relate to. I want to offer people in families like mine a story which stares adversity in the face and comes out stronger. I’m drawn to the genre because reading true stories is one of the best ways to learn life’s lessons without having to make the mistakes. I would have been a better person if I could have read a book like From My Mother when I was 15 or 25.

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