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Lara Love Hardin

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LARA LOVE HARDIN is a literary agent, author, prison reform advocate, and president of True Literary. Her memoir, The Many Lives of Mama Love is a 2024 Oprah Book Club pick and a New York Times bestseller. She has an MFA in creative writing and apart from her own book, is also a five-time New York Times bestselling collaborative writer, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Designing Your Life, and 2018 Oprah Book Club pick, The Sun Does Shine, which she coauthored with Anthony Ray Hinton about his 30 years as an innocent man on Alabama’s death row. In 2019, she won a Christopher Award for her work “affirming the highest values of the human spirit,” nominated for an NAACP Image Award, and short-listed for the Dayton Literary Peace Priz ...more

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The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
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"I mistakingly thought this was a work of fiction, but no, this is really happening! Lara Love Hardin shares an important life story that needs to be heard.
Trying to be the perfect suburban mom was more than she could do. Heroin became her crutch, un" Read more of this review »
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"A soccer mom turned addict

I liked this memoir about a rich soccer mom who has a secret opioid addiction, steals money from friends, and ends up in jail. The story flows just like a good novel. There’s a lot of dialogue, and I always flinch a bit when" Read more of this review »
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"It's a powerful story of personal growth, overcoming addiction and a mother's love for her children told with honesty, vulnerability and tremendous humor. I could not put it down. Lara's words suck you in and keep you turning the pages. I didn't want" Read more of this review »
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“Real power is about using your power to shine a light on other people so they can find their own power.”
Lara Love Hardin, The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

“I thought what I craved was approval and praise, but it’s simpler than that. I craved acceptance. For all the different versions of me I have been, and all the many lives I have lived.”
Lara Love Hardin, The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

“I know I have a lot more inner work to do. I thought I had to convince the whole world that I am more than the worst thing I have done, the worst person I have been, but really I just have to convince myself.”
Lara Love Hardin, The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

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