Suzanne Hegland’s work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Huffington Post, and Creative Nonfiction. Although she can’t carry a tune, she’s the Dean of Students at New England Conservatory, and also directs the Writing Center, where she helps musicians to use their words. Suzanne earned her MFA from Lesley University and is finishing her mother-daughter memoir, Comfort Measures Only.
I was four years old when my mother taught me to lie. There were certain instances, she explained, when lying was acceptable, when it wasn’t even lying, really.