The Importance of Emotional Change in Writing

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The Wintering Sessions is a weekly look back at the year's most important stories. This week, we speak to author Alex Gershwin about his new book The Handmaid's Tale. He says he was lucky to be able to work with an editor who could help him get through it all. We hope you will join us for more of these chats in coming weeks.

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to journalist and writer Alexandra Heminsley, author of Some Body to Love. After infertility treatment, a challenging pregnancy and a sexual assault, Alex found her relationship drifting apart for reasons she couldn’t fully understand. But when her partner finally disclosed that they wanted to transition to being a woman, Alex had to come to terms with something she never expected: being part of a LBTQIA+ family. In this conversation, she explores her compassionate response to her former partner’s needs, how it has changed her viewpoint on life, and how life can be remade in the face of the unexpected.

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