Media About The Dark Room: A Memoir of Triumph
Review of The Dark Room: A Memoir of Triumph in
The Santa Barbara Independent
The Santa Barbara Independent
This review was originally published in All Booked, from the Santa Barbara Independent, on 12/31/2024.
“Her memoir, true to its name, feels like a helping hand offering a way out of the dark room
and toward the shining triumph of being able to choose and build oneself a beautiful life.”
and toward the shining triumph of being able to choose and build oneself a beautiful life.”
Click this link to read the full review.
www.independent.com/2024/12/31/all-booked-all-booked-amazing-area-authors/
www.independent.com/2024/12/31/all-booked-all-booked-amazing-area-authors/
Video of Book Reading at Chaucer's Books
Santa Barbara, CA
August 7th, 2024
August 7th, 2024
Author Interview in the Santa Barbara Independent
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https://www.independent.com/2024/08/01/claudia-chotzens-memoir-gives-voice-to-her-troubled-childhood/
https://www.independent.com/2024/08/01/claudia-chotzens-memoir-gives-voice-to-her-troubled-childhood/
This article was originally published in the Santa Barbara Independent on August 1st, 2024.
Book Reading at Bloomsbury Books
Ashland, OR
July 17th, 2024
July 17th, 2024
Podcast Interview with psychologist Dana Saperstein PhD
July 15th, 2024
You've clearly broken the cycle and I want to tell you how much I appreciate what you're doing and that you're living proof that a person can heal their trauma. I really appreciate more than anything is that you're showing people it's possible to heal the worst trauma because what you experienced—it doesn't get any worse than that—it really doesn't, especially because of how often it happened and how insane you're mother was—she was batshit crazy. You are can incredibly inspirational woman."
Jefferson Public Radio about The Dark Room: A Memoir of Triumph
Ashland, OR
July 15th, 2024
July 15th, 2024
"Former Ashlander exorcises demons of abuse in a memoir" with Geoff Riley.
Video Clips from public event "Tap Into Courage and Speak Your Truth"
Santa Barbara, CA
June 11th, 2024
June 11th, 2024
Short Video Clips from the Event
Interviews with Maureen Kafkis on The Brain BS Podcast
Here is an excerpt from Maureen's description of this podcast episode:
"This episode is a testament to the magic that happens when personal breakthroughs are shared within a community. Claudia and I delve into the complexities of balancing life's simply joys with the profound endeavor of breaking through familial shame and crafting a public identity that's true to oneself."
Here is an excerpt from this podcast episode:
“Yeah, it's amazing, Claudia. The book is so well written."
"Thank you."
"I can't even, I'm not going to go into all the different sections, but there I cried in that book. I was disgusted in that book. I laughed in that book. But really, I just have, even just for the way you write, just your writing style is easy to read. It was just, it was an incredible story. And the amount of courage that it took for you to speak up, and the fact that you have your voice now, and that it took as long as it did, but you did it, it's like, there's no words for that.”
Guide For Spiritual Living Science of Mind Magazine
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Hadassah Magazine
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Literary Gumbo
This interview was recorded in Santa Barbara in 2013 when I was still writing the book, before it was ready for publication. My working title at that time was Picture Perfect.