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This is the Beyond 300 version of the podcast where hosts Landis Wade, Hannah Larrew, and Sarah Archer recommend books they've read, interview and feature talented authors (local, regional, national, and international), discuss writing and book marketing topics, and engage with listeners. It's a place where readers and writers can be entertained, learn about good books to read, and enjoy conversations with authors about their stories and the craft and business of writing. The show offers a variety of literary work and diverse voices in a laid-back style. Show notes, images and links are available at charlottereaderspodcast.com.
“Between Two Trailers” is a Survival Story: How a Preschool Drug Dealer Became a Duke Divinity School Graduate
Charlotte Readers Podcast
47 minutes 20 seconds
1 year ago
“Between Two Trailers” is a Survival Story: How a Preschool Drug Dealer Became a Duke Divinity School Graduate
In this episode 387, we feature Dana Trent and her memoir, Between Two Trailers, a powerful story about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer in rural Indiana, to become a graduate of Duke Divinity School. Publishers Weekly calls the memoir a “blend of grit and hope.” Other reviews invoke the phrases: “luscious prose,” “ludicrously good plot,” “unflinching truth,” “full of resilience and redemption,” and “a memoir in the vein of great literary coming-of-age narratives.” The book is a fast, surprising, shocking, and inspiring read.
Show discussion highlights:
• Dana Trent: Now and Then
The setting: Dana, Indiana
• The reason for and timing of the memoir
• The preschool drug dealer
• How she survived her childhood
• Finding one’s way home
• How her experience guides her work today
• A reading from the book
• The meaning of the title
• Memoir writing advice
Author bio:
J. Dana Trent is a speaker, professor, award-winning spirituality author, and minister. A graduate of Duke Divinity School, she teaches world religions and critical thinking at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina. She has a podcast about this story at https://www.jdanatrent.com/podcast
Learn more about the author and their books HERE.
https://www.jdanatrent.com
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This is the Beyond 300 version of the podcast where hosts Landis Wade, Hannah Larrew, and Sarah Archer recommend books they've read, interview and feature talented authors (local, regional, national, and international), discuss writing and book marketing topics, and engage with listeners. It's a place where readers and writers can be entertained, learn about good books to read, and enjoy conversations with authors about their stories and the craft and business of writing. The show offers a variety of literary work and diverse voices in a laid-back style. Show notes, images and links are available at charlottereaderspodcast.com.
