If someone is going through a breakup, I tell them to remember that they predated, and have outlasted, the relationship. It will probably always be painful, but the pain will not always be as acute. I tell people that things will get better. Smith: I try to offer love and solidarity. Being a divorce whisperer feels like a privilege. That connection is what first-person life writing makes possible. Readers come to me with details of their own stories, telling me they feel seen. What these subjects all have in common is that we don’t talk enough about them, in part because they are devalued as “women’s issues” when, really, these are family issues. Maggie Smith: Writing a memoir is a real crash course in courage and vulnerability, but even before this book came out - ever since the release of “ Keep Moving” - people have been sliding into my DMs to tell me about their divorce, pregnancy loss and struggles with single parenting. Smith's recent memoir, "You Could Make This Place Beautiful" tackles divorce as well as common family terrain.
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