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Como uma desajustada encontrou a sua voz

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Lidia Yuknavitch |

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• February 2016

Para aqueles que se sentem à margem da sociedade: há beleza em ser-se um desajustado. A autora Lidia Yuknavitch partilha a sua errática jornada numa recordação íntima de histórias variadas sobre perda, vergonha e o lento processo da autoaceitação. "Até no momento de falhar somos lindos", diz ela. "Ainda não o sabem, mas têm a capacidade de se reinventarem permanentemente."

Para aqueles que se sentem à margem da sociedade: há beleza em ser-se um desajustado. A autora Lidia Yuknavitch partilha a sua errática jornada numa recordação íntima de histórias variadas sobre perda, vergonha e o lento processo da autoaceitação. "Até no momento de falhar somos lindos", diz ela. "Ainda não o sabem, mas têm a capacidade de se reinventarem permanentemente."

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Sign up for a writing workshop. Lidia Yuknavitch teaches non-academic writing workshops for people who are interested in transformation via self expression.