My Grandmother’s Dress
Writer Elna Baker tells a story of how an elegant dress from her grandmother’s closet became an oddly powerful talisman for her struggles with weight, her Mormon faith, and trying out new identities. The story is part of her new memoir, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance. (Special thanks to Catherine Burns of The Moth.)
(Originally aired: April 11, 2008)
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