Forever Young Autobiographies

What a former medical student with a severe case of imposter syndrome wants you to know

John Lawrence’s laugh-out-loud new Playing Doctor memoir is a candid and unfiltered look at what you can expect as a medical student.

Playing Doctor: Part Two: Residency (Blundering along with imposter syndrome) is due out in December and covers residency training with increased responsibility and fear.

Indeed it follows on from Lawrence’s recent Playing Doctor: Part One: Medical School (Stumbling through with amnesia) about transforming from an uncertain, head injured, liberal-arts student into a medical doctor.

Certainly Lawrence was not a typical med student. For example, he snuck out of hospital while on-call to audition for television shows so that he could pay the rent!

But his writing has been praised by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Weisberger (The Devil Wears Prada and When Life Gives You Lululemons).

Lawrence caught up with Forever Young Autobiographies recently to tell us more about his new life-story book, the writing process and offer tips to fellow writers …

Amazing story of how identical twins overcome closed adoption to find their birth parents

The fantastic twists and turns of a family quest inspired adoptee and identical twin Julie Ryan McGue to write her new memoir.

Twice a Daughter: A search for identity, family and belonging was published in May by She Writes Press and named 2021 Living Now Awards Gold Winner in Memoir – Female.

The book tells the story of how a medical issue prompted McGue and her sister to find their birth parents.

Indeed this became a five-year quest involving a search agency, private investigator, confidential intermediary, judge, an adoption agency, social worker and a genealogist.

Plus the sisters unearthed secrets, lies and family members who were literally right next door!

Forever Young Autobiographies recently caught up with McGue to find out more about sitting down to write her amazing story …

What a 1960s Peace Corps volunteer to Peru knows about interracial relationships, love and marriage

Evelyn Kohl LaTorre’s new memoir Love in Any Language is a beautiful account about the trials and joys of blending two cultures.

The book is available from September 28 through She Writes Press and follows on from Evelyn’s popular life story Between Inca Walls.

Between Inca Walls is about her Peace Corps trip to Peru in the 1960s and falling in love with University student Antonio.

But in Love in Any Language Evelyn writes about finding out she is pregnant at age 23, marrying and moving home to California.

Here she learns to juggle full-time work and parenthood while Antonio learns English, finishes college and finds a job.

Forever Young Autobiographies recently caught up with Evelyn to find out more about sitting down to write this latest book plus her top tips for fellow life-story creators …

Essex local discovers life-story writing flow after Autism diagnosis

No Joe Bloggs by Joe Morris should be an inspiration to those wondering if they can pen a life story.

Indeed Englishman Morris fell into his autobiography project while seeking medical care.

And being diagnosed with Autism certainly did not hold this writer back.

In short, his book ranges from affectionate childhood memories growing up at Ilford, Essex, to quirky tales of London life.

Plus there is a moving account of Morris’s family, who survived the Holocaust, among other lighter topics like England’s 1966 World Cup win.

Forever Young Autobiographies caught up with Morris to hear more about his life, writing the book and encouragement for fellow creators.

An amazing story of love, glassblowing and one family’s gutsy move to France

Building writing confidence through experience was key to Rachel Caldecott publishing her memoir Blown Out of Proportion: Misadventures of a Glassblower in France.

Certainly Caldecott never expected to end up writing, despite coming from a ‘booky’ family that included a writer mother and publisher father.

Indeed as a youngster she was interested in “too many things” and assumed something else was waiting for her.

But, despite these doubts, Caldecott’s Blown Out of Proportion was published in April.

And it tells the tale of moving, with her husband Chris and their two young children, from the United Kingdom to southern France.

Here they establish a glassblowing studio in an impoverished, sleepy town while braving scorpion-filled hovels, eccentric locals, corrupt politicians and traumatic legal battles.

Forever Young Autobiographies caught up with Caldecott to find out more about her book, the creative process and her suggestions for fellow writers.