A Family Affair: Dad was a best-selling sex writer
As a child Sara Faith Alterman discovered her dad was secretly a best-selling sex writer. When he was dying of Alzheimer's, he asked Sara to help him write his final books.
Sara Faith Alterman was eight when she accidently discovered that her prudish dad was secretly a globally-successful writer of adult books. It was never discussed, but when he was dying of Alzheimer's in his late 60s, he asked Sara to help him write again before it was too late. (First broadcast in October 2020).
Sara Faith Alterman’s memoir is called Let's Never Talk about this Again.
Presented and Produced by Mariana Des Forges
(Photo: Sara Alterman as a child with her father, Ira; Credit: Courtesy of Sara Faith Alterman)
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