Lisa Lucca is author of Ashes to Ink: A Memoir and co-author of an epistolary memoir, You Are Loved, with her partner, Mark Mathias. She was a #Blogher17 Voice of the Year Honoree, and her essays have been published across the internet.
Lisa’s weekly public radio show, Live True, has streamed globally since 2019. Her fifteen-year career in the entertainment industry included positions at LucasFilm and in production management on a world tour with Janet Jackson. She has been a life coach and speaker since 2004 with a focus on empowering women to live true to who they are, especially in mid-life and beyond. She and Mark live in the high desert mountains of southern New Mexico.
ASHES TO INK: A MEMOIR (JuJu House Publishing 2021)
Acceptance struggles to emerge from a cocoon of family secrets . . .
After her parents' divorce in 1974, Lisa Lucca's idyllic Midwestern childhood is shattered when she learns her father is gay. Sworn to secrecy, she begins carrying the emotions of her family like a cracked bucket, making a mess as she embarks on a life of rebellious choices.
Decades later, faced with the aftermath of her father’s death, Lisa revisits the complicated relationship she had with him, delving deeper into the stories she’s held about love, sexuality, and the family she comes from with a shimmering clarity that arises from her grief.
A story of heartache and the power of forgiveness, Ashes to Ink shines a light on the challenges of living true to who we are.
REVIEWS: “Lisa Lucca weaves the past and present into a vividly written and important story with many layers: family secrets, fathers and daughters, love and sexuality, and at the core, forgiveness. What touched me most was the call to action to become the love of your own life. Read, learn, and become!”—Laura Munson, New York Times bestselling author and founder of the acclaimed Haven Writing Retreats. “In this raw and gripping memoir, Lisa Lucca has perfectly captured the unique ripple effects of life with a gay parent. With little representation in popular media, people who grow up with (or find out about) LGBTQ+ parents/caregivers are often left to wonder if there’s anyone else who really understands. Ashes to Ink is proof we are not alone, and that love truly does win.”—Jordan Budd, Executive Director of COLAGE, National LGBTQ+ family organization “Fresh, warm, sassy, and smart... Lisa’s voice is a delight! I was enchanted by this book.”—Alexia La Fortune, Author of Sex, Love, and Spirit “A power punch of a book by the glorious Lisa Lucca, Ashes to Ink is filled with rage and sorrow…and much humor… with human emotion in each chapter. Lisa's memoir is all about LOVE, the wanting, the needing, the longing, the acceptance. From a parent whose lifestyle flattens her, to the seeking of love with men who challenge her, to finding the right one... this is a memoir about family—the down and dirty—about searching and forgiveness. Filled with so much truth, this memoir gives you ample time to hold your breath and exhale. Read it, devour it, allow yourself to creep into the uncomfortableness—Lisa gives us all the rare opportunity to see ourselves in the dazzling and magnificent mirror she holds up for us.” —Amy Ferris, Author of Marrying George Clooney, Confessions from a Midlife Crisis Lisa Lucca's Links:
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If the choice to live an authentic life came with a steep price, would you pay it?
When lifelong friends Mark and Lisa reconnect after many years, they are both seeking something more in their ordinary lives. Cynical about marriage, yet devoted to his young daughter, Mark is seeking life purpose and direction, while single mom Lisa is embarking on a new career and looking for love.
So begins a ten-year email conversation that delves into life’s biggest questions about true love, meaningful work, and connecting with God. Capturing the essence of what it means to risk everything and redefine your life, Mark and Lisa’s story takes you on a journey that explores the nature of love, truth and the choices that shape our lives.
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