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1. lithub.com › marianne-wiggins-on-completing-aMarianne Wiggins on Completing a Novel After Suffering a ...

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   Aug 2, 2022 · It’s a sensational, near miraculous achievement, completed after Wiggins’ massive stroke in 2016. Marianne’s answers are in quotes because they were spoken to her daughter, Lara Porzak, who has been at her side throughout her recovery and completion of the novel.

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3. aphasia.org › profiles-of-aphasia-marianne-wigginsProfiles of Aphasia: Marianne Wiggins

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   Sep 22, 2023 · But “that all changed in 2016, after Wiggins, now 75, suffered a massive stroke that robbed her of her memory, when she was just three chapters shy of completing her 11th book.” Her daughter Lara Porzak, a photographer, received news about the stroke and came to the hospital.

4. www.npr.org › 2022/08/06 › 1116135499After her mother's stroke, Lara Porzak helped finish new ...

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   Aug 6, 2022 · Marianne Wiggins endured a massive stroke in 2016 when she was just a few chapters short of finishing "Properties Of Thirst." Her daughter, the photographer Lara Porzak, helped guide the...

5. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › booksHow Marianne Wiggins rebuilt her novel 'Properties of Thirst ...

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   Aug 2, 2022 · After award-winning author Marianne Wiggins suffered a stroke in 2016, she moved into the Venice home of her daughter, Lara Porzak. Together they worked to complete her latest novel,...

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6. datebook.sfchronicle.com › books › marianne-wigginsMarianne Wiggins suffered a stroke that nearly halted her ...

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   Dec 9, 2022 · Wiggins, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, was almost finished with the manuscript for “Properties of Thirst” when she suffered a stroke in 2016 that left her unable to write, with no memory of...

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7. www.goodreads.com › book › showProperties of Thirst by Marianne Wiggins - Goodreads

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   Aug 2, 2022 · We learn from an Afterword by Lara Porzak, Marianne Wiggins' daughter, that the author suffered a massive stroke before the novel was completed. Doctors predicted that even if she survived, she would never read or regain the use of language again.

8. www.kirkusreviews.com › news-and-features › articlesA Mother, a Daughter, and an Unfinished Novel | Kirkus Reviews

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   Aug 2, 2022 · In June 2016, when Wiggins was chapters away from finishing the book—which Kirkus describes as a “sweeping, cinematic story of love and family set against the dramatic backdrop of World War II and the American West”—she suffered a massive stroke.