title: Mrs D is Going Without: A Memoir
author:  Lotta Dann 
description: <b>Lotta Dann</b> built a successful career as a TV reporter, producer, and director, while simultaneously developing a remarkable aptitude for drinking a lot of alcohol.
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  To my daughter, Annabelle. It took fourteen years for your love of reading to
  bloom, but now that it has there is nothing I enjoy more than seeing you lost
  in a book. This one is for you. There is a lot of you in Willa. I love you.
  
  
  
  
  
  —Mom
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### I Needed to Escape My Reality
  
  
  
  
  
  #### CHAPTER 1
  
  
  
  
  
  WILLA
  
  
  
  
  
  “Hasn’t changed much since you left. Go ahead and unpack. Settle in. I got
  more work to do up at the house. We’ll go in the morning and get you
  registered for school,” Nonna said as the pinched frown on her face that had
  been there since she picked me up at the bus station an hour ago, only grew
  more intense. “Don’t go nowhere. You hear me? Stay put until I get back.”
  
  
  
  
  
  I managed a nod. I hadn’t been able to say more than “thanks” to her since I’d
  seen her. The last 