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Of My Own Making

by Daria Burke

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Fresh Air, NPR · April 28, 2025

How Trauma Shapes Us

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A memoir in which Daria Burke explores the trauma of growing up in 1980s Detroit with a mother battling addiction, the years of neglect she endured, her rise in the corporate world, and the emotional work required to confront how her past shaped her.

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