Podcasts Heartline Podcast – Episode 52 – Linda Sexton
As the daughter of Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Anne Sexton, Linda Sexton witnessed her mother’s enigmatic presence but also her multiple—and ultimately successful—suicide attempts, which led her to struggle with an engulfing undertow of depression. In Linda’s book, Half In Love,she conveys with powerful and unsparing prose her urgent need to escape the legacy of suicide that consumed her family—a topic rarely explored, even today, in such poignant depth.
People magazine called Linda’s book: "A courageous journey into the dark terrain of remembering, forgiving and healing through telling—a trait that is her birthright." —People
Linda Gray Sexton tries multiple times to kill herself—even though as a daughter, sister, wife, and most importantly, mother, she knows the pain her act would cause. But unlike her mother’s story, Linda’s is ultimately one of triumph. Through the help of family, therapy, and medicine, she confronts deep-seated issues and curbs the haunting cycle of suicide she once seemed destined to inherit.
A graduate of Harvard University, Linda has published several widely acclaimed novels as well as two memoirs about her life and relationship with her mother, Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back To My Mother, was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book and reviewed to overwhelming critical acclaim. For more info, visit her at www.lindagraysexton.com.
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