EPISODE · Jun 12, 2026 · 7 MIN
Slaughtering My Words | UAM Snapshot 81
from Un-Adoptically Me: A Terrifying and Liberating Memoir — Audiobook Narrated by Author Elmarie Arnold
Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 81: RemnantsWalking through a somber waltz of half-empty wine glasses and artistic wreckage, I stood before a morgue identifying a peaceful face that had finally slaughtered my entire dictionary of words. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon): https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me🛒 Own the physical book (Takealot): https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777✨ https://foreverfree.co.za AUTHOR'S NOTE FROM THE CAVE STUDIO:Recording this in our Cave Studio in Tulbagh, remnants are what remain when language fails. Keith is at the controls, and I narrate this chapter in the register of pure survival. ABOUT THIS SNAPSHOT:A morgue visit to identify a peaceful face dissolves Elmarie's entire dictionary of words in a somber waltz of wine glasses and artistic wreckage. The umbilical noose of memory and the strong, broken surrender to finality are explored. EXPLORE THESE THEMES:#UnAdopticallyMe #ElmarieArnold #AudiobookMemoir #SouthAfricanAuthor #SovereignSoul #StoryOfASurvivor #FreeAudiobook #AuthorNarrated #LiteraryTitanGoldAward #Grief Memoir #Maternal Grief #Complicated Grief #Grief and Healing #Adoption Trauma #Adoptee Healing #Primal Wound #Adoptee Rights #Identity Trauma #Biological Family Search
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