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The Healthy: An NPR Storyteller on “Unleashing” Love on a Pet, Amid Empty Nest Loneliness

The Healthy interviews Shelley Fraser Mickle on her new memoir, Itching To Love, out March 11. Read more at The Healthy.

March 07, 2025 | 03:19 PM

The Healthy interviews Shelley Fraser Mickle on her new memoir, Itching To Love, out March 11. Read more at The Healthy.

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Mickle

Shelley Fraser Mickle

Author’s book

Itching to Love

Itching to Love

Shelley Fraser Mickle

A beloved NPR storyteller and award-winning author discovers life after kids when a neighbor’s dog steals her things–and her heart–in this hilarious and uplifting memoir. In this hilarious memoir, award-winning author Shelley Fraser Mickle takes readers on a humorous yet heartwarming and intimate journey into a slice of her life. Itching to Love gives readers not only […]

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