Rebecca Titchner has been the director of recycling operations in Elk County, Pennsylvania, for the past twenty-four years. Prior to that, she was reporter, then editor, of two small daily papers. She is a musician, singer, and songwriter. Her flash nonfiction and poetry have appeared in several regional literary journals. She resides in Ridgway, Pennsylvania.
"""... With the precision of a journalist, Titchner probes the complexity of family connections as she grapples with loss in all of its manifestations, in particular the shocking, heartbreaking conclusion of her sister's story."" -Nancy McCabe, author of Can This Marriage Be Saved?A Memoir ""Part memoir, part true crime expos�, one hundred percent riveting. Titchner taps her expertise as a journalist and blends it with candor as she examines her experience as an adoptee ..."" -Patricia Thrushart, author of Cursed: The Life of Marion Alsobrook Stahlman ""... Titchner offers a stunning tale of a woman's journey of self-discovery as an adopted child of a blue-collar couple. Along the way, she intertwines her narrative with the story of her half-sister, a woman she never knew. -Karen J. Weyant, Author of Avoiding the Apocalypse ""With tears still lingering in my eyes after turning the final page, I was struck by the profound resonance of A Ghost Comes Calling ..."" -Rebecca Autumn Sansom, Reckoning with The Primal Wound"