Caring for the Mother Who Abandoned Her (Mental Health Mondays)

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Mar 4, 2024
When poet and social worker Stephanie Clare Smith was only 14, her mother abandoned her for a summer to go camping with her boyfriend. Smith, alone and vulnerable, was subjected to abuse in her mother's absence. Decades later, Smith finds herself grappling with these difficult memories as she becomes her mother's primary caretaker. Smith joins us to discuss her memoir, Everywhere the Undrowned: A Memoir of Survival and Imagination as part of our ongoing series, Mental Health Mondays.

*This segment is guest-hosted by Matt Katz

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