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There's No Accounting for the Strangeness of Things is a memoir written in the aftermath of a father's death, exploring how his love, absence, deliriums, and ultimately, his mortality inform the trajectory of his daughter's life. Follow Valley Haggard through her childhood with artists and alcoholics onto a dude ranch in Colorado, a farm in Arkansas, a cruise ship in Alaska, and finally back to her childhood home in Richmond, Virginia. In the course of her vibrant and ever-evolving life, Valley navigates unhealthy relationships, addiction and recovery, child loss and birth, marriage, and the process of healing old wounds in order to create a family of her own. Written in the style of flash non-fiction, the narrative arcs towards connection and meaning in a world torn apart and then stitched back together, even though, sometimes there is still no accounting for the strangeness of things.

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Valley Haggard is a writer, teacher, and Reiki Master. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and is the recipient of a Richmond Magazine Theresa Pollak Prize, a Style Weekly Women in the Arts Award, and the Emyl Jenkins award from James River Writers. Valley is the founder of Life in 10 Minutes, a community for writers whose stories are brave and true. Her previous books include The Halfway House for Writers and Surrender Your Weapons: Writing to Heal. She lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, son, and a small zoo. Visit her online at lifein10minutes.com.

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