Two Stories with Uncanny Similarities

Author’s Own

I recently read Lisa Benson’s debut memoir, Where Have I Been All My Life?, and was struck with the similarities between the story Lisa portrayed in her book and the one I described for my protagonist, Anji, in my debut novel, Lonely Dove.

Where Have I Been All My Life? is so good, I read it in one day. Lisa opened the book with a heart-felt intention for us to resonate with her story and “feel…