'It Was a Joint Effort'- Deborah Kasdan on Bringing Her Late Sister's Story to Life

'It Was a Joint Effort'- Deborah Kasdan on Bringing Her Late Sister's Story to Life

Deborah Kasdan is author of Roll Back The World: A Sister's Memoir, in which she describes her extraordinary late sister Rachel–poet, musician, free spirit–and her decades-long journey through psychiatric treatment until, finally, she found a place of peace and community.

Kasdan is a longtime business and technology writer who pivoted to memoir writing on a quest to tell her sister's story, joining the Westport Writers' Workshop. Her book, published in October by She Writes Press, is a moving and nuanced portrait filled with love and grief, candor, and complexity.

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