Creation Story: Essays

By Sonya Lea

In our twenty-third year of marriage my husband went into surgery for a rare appendix cancer and came out without any memories of our life. Internal bleeding caused a lack of oxygen to his brain and the resulting traumatic brain injury destroyed his desire to communicate and completely altered his personality. Gone was any ability to speak, emote, remember. Lost to him were his past, his passion and his occupation. Who he was, wasn't. These essays are a taste of our journey to discover what lies beyond identity.Coming soon: Sonya & Richard's memoir, Wondering Who You Are."This story is strong and strange and haunting and moving all at once. Sonya has a voice and tone that is so truthful and authentic."~ Bret Lott, Dead Low TideSonya Lea writes for film, television and magazines, and has received screenwriting awards, including the Nicholl fellowship (QF). Her upcoming book-length memoir, Wondering Who You Are, is about her husband's cancer treatment, through which he lost the memory of their life. David Shields awarded her a Fish International Memoir prize for an excerpt from Wondering, which also won an Artist Trust Award in the U.S.She has written for The Southern Review, Cold Mountain Review, Brevity, Tricycle, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and anthologies. Originally from Kentucky, Sonya lives in Seattle, Washington. You can find her at www.sonyalea.net and www.wonderingwhoyouare.tumblr.com.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1482604302
• ISBN13: 9781482604306
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 34 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.1" x 5.0"