Lakewood Author Faces Family History in "Living Proof"
Interview with Arts & Culture Deputy Editor Carrie Wise
Will You Know How Much I Loved You? On Parenting in the Face of Cancer Risk
Interview with Senior Editor Cheryl E. Klein
Tiffany Graham Charkosky and Zibby Owens discuss writing through trauma, finding empathy for our younger selves, and learning to accept help—both medically and emotionally.
In this moving episode of The Positive Gene Podcast, host Sara Kavanaugh sits down with author Tiffany Graham Charkosky, whose forthcoming memoir Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy shares her deeply personal journey through Lynch Syndrome, family loss, and the power of love and resilience.
Host Elizabeth Lyons and Tiffany Graham Charkosky talk about the process of writing memoir, the publishing process, and how our perspectives of ourselves evolve with time, age, and wisdom.
Tiffany Graham Charkosky talks with host Olivia Howell. This conversation isn’t a how-to. It’s a heart-to-heart. It’s for anyone who has lost a parent too soon, who has faced the weight of legacy, or who is trying to mother without a map. Tiffany's words offer no perfect answers—but they are steady hands reaching out across time and loss.
Reviewed by Carolyn Roy-Bornstein
Tiffany Graham Charkosky calls her book Living Proof: How Love Defied a Genetic Legacy (Little A; October 2025) “a love letter.” It is a love letter to her mom who died of cancer at the age of thirty when Tiffany was just 11 years old. To her children, who may carry the same gene mutation that set her on a roller coaster of lifelong screenings, tests, and surgeries, and to her husband, her stalwart mate who always steadies her sometimes shaky ship.