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A Time For Rain: A Mother Daughter Reclamation of Feelings

A Time For Rain: A Mother Daughter Reclamation of Feelings, by Kelly Brogan, MD and Sofia Brogan Fink. Illustration of woman outside farmhouse by Robert Clear.
Illustrations by Robert Clear

In a world that tells us to get over and move through emotions as fast as possible, a breath of fresh air comes from a mother daughter team who craft a tale in honor of feelings

Musings from Sofia Brogan Fink (9 years old):

I love writing books, when I was about 7 years old I wrote and self-published a ‘book’ with my family called, . It was really fun and I was really pleased with myself. So when me and my mom decided to write this book — I was really excited! is absolutely amazing and added a lot of fun to the book. 

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