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Under the Birch Tree: A Memoir of Discovering Connections and Finding Home
Under the Birch Tree: A Memoir of Discovering Connections and Finding Home
Under the Birch Tree: A Memoir of Discovering Connections and Finding Home
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Under the Birch Tree: A Memoir of Discovering Connections and Finding Home

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A birch tree grows tall and arabesque in the front yard of Nancy Chadwick’s childhood home. Over time the tree becomes her buddy and first learned connection, synonymous with home—and one spring morning, she makes a discovery under its boughs that foreshadows the many disconnections within her family, relationships, jobs, and home that are to come. Through the chapters in her life, Chadwick’s search for home carries her through with unflinching honesty, but in the end, it is a story of survival and triumph over adversity. She does not wallow in self-pity but remains tenacious as she examines her life. An exploration of what it means to belong, Under the Birch Tree is a success story of finding home.
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Release dateJun 19, 2018
ISBN9781631523588
Under the Birch Tree: A Memoir of Discovering Connections and Finding Home
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Nancy Chadwick

Nancy Chadwick grew up in a northern suburb of Chicago. She got her first job at Leo Burnett advertising agency in Chicago. After a decade there, and later, another decade in corporate banking, she quit and began to write full time, finding inspiration from her years living in Chicago and in San Francisco. Her essays have appeared in The Magic of Memoir: Inspiration for the Writing Journey, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Turning Points – The Art of Friction, blogs by Off Campus Writers’ Workshop, the Chicago Writers Association Write City, and Brevity. She and her husband reside in a northern suburb of Chicago.

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