Ellen Kirschman Call Me Carmela Authors on the Air

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Police psychologist turned author channels a bit of her own personality into the Dot Meyerhof series. Call me Carmela is the fifth in the series featuring a smart, spunky 50-ish woman who serves as a police psychologist. See the parallels? Dot becomes entangled in a family dispute centering on an adopted young woman wanting to know the story behind her birthmother giving her away. Steeped in deeply held secrets, the story around the birthmother’s adoption decision is not what Dot expected. Fear, shame, and lies—all come together to reveal an unanticipated resolution to the girl’s search for truth. In conversation with James L’Etoile for Authors on the Air.