The Leaving Season with Kelly McMasters

Dr. Dan and author Kelly McMasters discuss The Leaving Season, her new memoir about divorce, creativity, the sacrifices of motherhood, and her decision to leave her marriage. This interview explores the many lessons about self, parenting, family, grief, and love Kelly learned while writing her book. Her wisdom will resonate with listeners.

Kelly’s honest story about moving with her husband, a painter, from New York City to rural Pennsylvania, where their children roamed idyllic acres in rain boots and diapers is wrenching and inspiring. Eventually the pastoral landscape and the bookshop she opened — restorative at first —  became the part of her reasons for plotting her escape.

Dr. Dan and Kelly hope that today’s episode will connect listeners, create community, and decrease loneliness.

Kelly McMasters is an essayist, professor, mother, and former bookshop owner. She teaches at Hofstra University and lives in New York. https://www.kellymcmasters.com/