A History of Scars: A Memoir - Laura Lee torrent

Category: Adults, Autobiography & Biographies, Misc. Non-fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Biography Memoir Disability Essays LGBT Memoir Mental Health Nonfiction Psychology Queer

Written by Laura Lee
Read by Emily Woo Zeller
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

In “History of Scars” and “Aluminum’s Erosions”, Laura dives head-first into heavier themes revolving around intimacy, sexuality, trauma, mental illness, and the passage of time. In “Poetry of the World”, Laura shifts and addresses the grief she feels by being geographically distant from her mother whom, after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, is relocated to a nursing home in Korea.

Through the vivid imagery of mountain climbing, cooking, studying writing, and growing up Korean American, Lee explores the legacy of trauma on a young queer child of immigrants as she reconciles the disparate pieces of existence that make her whole.

By tapping into her own personal, emotional, and psychological struggles in these powerful and relatable essays, Lee encourages all of us to not be afraid to face our own hardships and inner truths.

Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
Release date: 03-02-21