Mary T. Shannon - memoir author, psychotherapist, artist

Mary Shannon is a published writer, award-winning visual artist, and psychotherapist. Her debut novel, The Sunday Wishbone is a meditation on how intricately the past is woven into the present, affecting every aspect of our lives. From the choices we make to our most important relationships, the long-term impact of childhood provides the lens through which we see and navigate the world.

Based on a true story, and begun over twenty-five years ago as a way of coping with PTSD, this sometimes funny, sometimes shocking story reveals the many faces of what it is to be human, and the power of hope in overcoming any adversity.

“Memory doesn’t follow a straight line, and neither does the heart.”

The Upside of Madness

“Memory doesn’t follow a straight line, and neither does the heart.”

From the outside, Mary Marchioni seems to have it all – a published writer married to a successful doctor, living in a posh condo on the west coast, but the scars on her wrists tell a different story.