Projectkin Live: A Sidebar on Difficult Stories with Shell Norman

Thank you Jennifer Jones, Robin Stewart, Diane Burley, Lisa Maguire, Kevin E Beasley, Chris Wright, Linda Teather, Kyla Bayang, Erin Hoover, Marci Keats Rudolph 🇨🇦, Jane Chapman, Kristin Rapinac, Barbara Jean May, Anne’s Family History, Kathy Stone, Lynda Heines, Mary Hardenbergh, and so many more! Projectkin is a free publication supported by the generous contributions of our Patrons. Join us for more of these programs: Projectkin.org/events.Your generous ❤️ s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. Thanks for all you do to be so kind, curious, and creative!Storytelling can be hard enough, but when you weave in those most difficult stories in a family, everything gets compounded. That’s what my guest today did in her first published book. I was joined today by Shell Norman of ShellNorman.Substack.com, the author of “My Father’s Daughter.”Through a process that began with journaling into a diary, Shell found her voice and discovered that she had a book in her. Now that her book is out, she’s sharing the tale with her readers around the world. The story is one that peels back layers of deception in a family to get to the heart of an origin story and where the love lies in a family. As Shell shared in our conversation it’s a tale that inspires retelling of related stories. If you’d like to talk to Shell about your book club, she’d love to hear from you. Just drop her a message here: 👇 As she concluded our conversation: Storytelling is healing. Indeed it is. Join us next week, Sunday or Monday (depending on your region) as Jennifer Jones hosts a Substack Live preview of our Projectkin Speakers’ Corner program with two special guests, Bill Moore and Aryn Youngless who will be sharing stories about remarkable women in their family tree. Get full access to Projectkin at projectkin.substack.com/subscribe