In this video, Megan Nix talks about her experience with congenital cytomegalovirus and how it inspired her debut memoir, Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept From Pregnant Women, and a Mother’s Pursuit of the Truth (Doubleday, 2023).
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