Unveiling Hidden Secrets: Marty Ross-Dolen’s Quest to Unlock a Daughter’s Haunting Truths
LL: Do you want to tell us anything else, Marty, something I might have missed, or perhaps something no one ever asks about, but you wish they would?
MRD: Thank you again, Leslie. This has been such a thoughtful and interesting discussion. My greatest hope for my book is that it will inspire readers to think about creative ways they might tell their own stories—the ones that are difficult to tell— for the purposes of healing, moving through the pain, and finding deeper meaning that will inform what lies ahead. Ultimately what I discovered is that all the overwhelm I felt from the weight of my multigenerational story and the sheer volume of artifacts in my basement was feeding the fear that led to my writing resistance. Once I challenged that fear head on and gave myself permission to power through the process, my mind open to whatever tools I would use to tell my story, the possibilities and discoveries were endless.