" B Inspired" Finds Writer Mary Anne Abdo a Voice for the Broken

Mary Anne Abdo: author, poet, artist is inspired to heal.

Mary Anne's start as a writer began as an eighth-grade student assigned to write about her "roots." In discovering the hardships of her ancestors, her journey to assist today's women in struggles through domestic violence, abandonment, and homelessness has culminated in her first book of poetry titled "Fractured Lollipop."

The episode follows Mary Anne's journey as a writer, and she shares a few of her poems.

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