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This show contains explicit content.\nHeather Siegel is the author of the award-winning, coming-of-age memoir, OUT FROM THE UNDERWORLD. Her newest work, THE KING & THE QUIRKY: A Memoir of Love, Marriage, Domesticity, Feminism, and Self was just released.\xa0Heather was named a semifinalist for the Kore Press 2018 Memoir Award. Her creative nonfiction has appeared on popular sites like Scary Mommy, as well as Salon.com, The Flexible Persona, and Entrophy Magazine. She holds an MFA from The New School University, and lives on Long Island where she teaches academic and creative writing for local colleges and continuing education programs.\nListen in to hear Heather share:\n\nHer story of growing up in a basement with her funeral director father while her mother was missing\n\nWhat compelled her to write a memoir and share her story\n\nHow she lost her hard edges in order to fall into a love narrative she never believed in\n\nWhether or not we should teach our children the \u201ctrue love\u201d narrative\n\nThe three legs or the true love triangle: Erotisim, romance, companionship and whether or not we can have all three for the lifespan of our marriage\n\nHow to find your way back to relationships and your own identity outside marriage and motherhood\n\nHow feminism and motherhood and being a SAHM intersect\n\nLinks mentioned:\n\nGet on the Waitlist for Momentum Mamas: shamelessmom.com/waitlist\n\nConnect with Heather: heathersiegel.net\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors:\n\n\nBlinkist: Go to Blinkist.com/SHAMELESS try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription.\n\n\nEveryPlate: Get 3 weeks of EveryPlate meals for only $2.99 per meal by going to EveryPlate.com and entering code shameless3.\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices