This piece was written by one of our dear readers—a woman with something real to say. Each month, we handpick the best submissions for Dear Reader because we’re after that PROVOKED bite: truth, intelligence, and heart. These stories come from women our age—women...
Victoria Westerliegh
Victoria Westerliegh is an award-winning journalist whose work appears under her real name in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Cut, and AARP. She writes about her cancer adventures under a pen name to keep her health information private and avoid identifying herself with the disease.