Abby Maslin is the bestselling author of Love You Hard: A Memoir of Marriage, Brain Injury, and Reinventing Love, a powerful story of transformation and resilience in the wake of tragedy. Award-winning journalist Maria Shriver praises Love You Hard as, “inspiring, touching, and beautifully written… a testament to choosing joy during the toughest times.” A special educator with a background in the healing arts, Abby is a certified movement therapist and yoga teacher who often writes on the topics of healing and emotional resilience. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post and alongside acclaimed essayists in the anthology, Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God: 73 Women on Life’s Transitions. In addition to her advocacy work in the brain injury and caregiving communities, Maslin is a regular contributor to the website Brainline.org. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two children.

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