How does one move into writing a memoir in midlife?
Ann Hedreen is currently working on her second memoir, titled The Observant Doubter.
She published her first memoir Her Beautiful Brain (She Writes Press) in 2014, and that book continues to help caregivers who are supporting loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease while inspiring others with its compassion and candor.
Ann and her husband Rustin Thompson own White Noise Productions and together have made more than 100 documentary films, including Quick Brown Fox: an Alzheimer’s Story. You can read her Restless Nest blog.
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Highlights from the episode:
- How Ann came into her 3rd act career as a memoirist while continuing to run her video production company.
- What it was like to do a midlife MFA.
- How she was able to write about her family in Her Beautiful Brain.
- How to deal with the potential fear we all have of dementia.
- How Ann is looking at both her faith and her doubt in her upcoming memoir The Observant Doubter.
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More about our guest:
Ann Hedreen is a writer, filmmaker, teacher and author of the blog, The Restless Nest. She and her husband Rustin Thompson own White Noise Productions. Together, they have made more than 100 films, many of which have been seen on PBS and other TV stations all over the world and some of which have won Emmys and other awards. They have two grown-up children and live in south Seattle.
Their latest film, Zona Intangible, set in Peru, was featured in several festivals and is now being distributed worldwide by Alexander Street Press. Ann has a BA from Wellesley College, an MFA from Goddard College and is an alumna of the Hedgebrook retreat for women writers. She teaches memoir writing twice a year at Seattle Central College, and occasionally at Hugo House. She is a frequent speaker on Alzheimer’s and aging issues, an advocate for the Alzheimer’s Association’s Washington state chapter, and a member of Women in Film Seattle. Her writing has been published in 3rd Act Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, The Seattle Times, Patheos, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, Mi
nerva Rising and elsewhere. She is currently working on a second book, The Observant Doubter.
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