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Laurel Braitman

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Author (March13!) WHAT LOOKS LIKE BRAVERY and NYT-Bestseller ANIMAL MADNESS. Director, Writing & Storytelling @StanfordMed. Commercial avocado/citrus grower.
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Dr. Laurel Braitman was raised alongside donkeys and goats on a citrus ranch in Southern California. She is author of the New York Times Bestseller Animal Madness (Simon & Schuster 2014), now translated into more than six languages. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Wired, and Fast Company; she performs live for Pop Up Magazine in San Francisco and frequently collaborates with filmmakers, visual artists, physicians and musicians. These collaborations have been feat…

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Lessons from my father's final days

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Grief Closed Me off to Love. His Salmon Dip Made Me Reconsider Original

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When my dad got a terminal cancer diagnosis at age 41, he decided to teach me to fish. I was three years old, but he was determined to spend the rest of our time together making sure I knew what I was doing. He wanted me to be okay without him and believed if I knew how to catch my own food (and outfish any man who dared underestimate me), I’d be okay enough.
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Grief Closed Me Off to Love. His Salmon Dip Made Me Reconsider

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By Laurel Braitman
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When my dad got a terminal cancer diagnosis at age 41, he decided to teach me to fish. I was three years old, but he was determined to spend the rest of our time together making sure I knew what I was doing. He wanted me to be okay without him and believed if I knew how to catch my own food (and outfish any man who dared underestimate me), I’d be okay enough.
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