Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting

From the Grammy-nominated folk singer and songwriter, “a treatise on making art.” (Bust)

Mary Gauthier was twelve years old when she was given her Aunt Jenny’s old guitar and taught herself to play with a Mel Bay basic guitar workbook. Songs became lifelines to her, and she longed to write her own one day.

Then, for a decade, while struggling with addiction, Gauthier put her dream away. Not until she got sober and went to an open mic with a friend did she realize that she not only still want...