She Exposed Her Own Bloodline With Silence and Resistance: Monique Clesca on Her Memoir

She grew up under the Duvalier regime. She survived an earthquake that shook an entire nation. She uncovered a family secret that changed everything she thought she knew about herself. And then she wrote the book.

Monique Clesca's memoir Silence and Resistance: A Girlhood in Haiti is about growing up where fear, silence, and family secrets shaped everything (Busboys and Poets) and then deciding that silence was no longer an option. On this episode of Leaders and Learners, we go there. Identity. Trauma. What it means to CTRL the narrative when the narrative is your own bloodline.

This one is not for the faint. It IS for the ready.

Listen now. Leave a review. Share with somebody who is carrying a secret that is carrying them.

Tonya McKenzieFounder, Sand & Shores PR | Host, Leaders& Learners Podcast
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