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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.
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.
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,...
- Lorraine Berry
In 2016 Wiggins suffered a stroke, leaving her unable to read or write. She regained those abilities and completed her novel Properties of Thirst over the course of several years. She was assisted by her daughter Lara Porzak. [7]
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...
- Anna Nordberg
Aug 8, 2022 · But few authors have experienced these truths at the level that Marianne Wiggins did. She was just a few chapters away from finishing the draft of her novel Properties of Thirst when she suffered a serious stroke.
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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.
