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Allison Backous

Allison Backous Troy lives with her husband in Laramie, Wyoming. She is currently in the throes of the first draft of her own memoir.

Reading Others, Reading Ourselves

We read memoirs so we can view both self and others with a more tender and convicting eye.

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