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Deborah Derrickson Kossmann, author of the memoir Lost Found Kept, reads from her book and engages in conversation with the editor, David Groff. Click the image above to watch the live stream replay.
Excerpt from “Drowning in Debris”
“It took six weeks to excavate the house. By the end, we’d filled three large dumpsters and made more than 15 trips to Goodwill. We’d stuffed 320 contractor bags with ruined possessions and garbage. I found an auctioneer to sell what we didn’t want and what my mother wouldn’t be taking to the new assisted-living studio apartment we’d arranged for her to live in. Soon afterward, we sold the house for half its value to a real-estate flipper. I placed the grimy key on his conference table, feeling all at once fatigued, sad, and relieved.”
“Drowning in Debris” was published in Psychotherary Networker, March/April 2023. Read the entire essay here.