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Author of Mercy House, The Happiest Girl in the World, My Body Is A Big Fat Temple, and Eyes Turned Skyward, out in October. Better on Insta- alena.dillon
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110. Medical Treatment of Women and Mothers with Alena Dillon — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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By Kim L. Askew, Alena Dillon, Elinor Cleghorn, Rachel Vorona Cotes
| Lost Ladies of Lit
Author Alena Dillon joins us for this week’s mini to discuss the medical treatment of women and mothers and how it’s evolved over time. We’ll touch on hysteria, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and some of the things that surprised us about giving birth. My Body Is a Big, Fat Temple by Alena Dillon Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Ida B.
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Eyes Turned Skyward

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By Alena Dillon
| copperdogbooks.com
Join Alena Dillon as she talks about Eyes Turned Skyward, a historical fiction novel about one woman’s life as a WASP, the first American females to fly military aircraft in World War II. You’ll love this dual narrative that switches between present day and 1940s to tell a story of defying patriarchal expectations, inheritance, motherhood, and heroism.
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Win A Copy Of The Book 'Eyes Turned Skyward: A Novel' By Alena Dillon

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By Alena Dillon
| Red Carpet Crash Verified
Kathy Begley is an empty nester, the primary caretaker of her ailing mother, and the emotional support for her laid-off husband. She’s also returning to the office after two decades to work under a borderline inappropriate boss. Then a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony invitation arrives, and she uncovers an unfathomable family secret: her mother, Peggy Mayfield, wasn’t just a tempestuous wife and mother. She was a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
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