Family Secrets, Part 2: Truths Revealed

Dear Sugars

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Boston, Wbur, Sugar, Cheryl Strayed, Society & Culture, Dear, Relationships, Advice, Steve Almond

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In Part 2, the Sugars turn from the holding of a secret to its discovery. What happens within a family when a secret is revealed? They take a letter from a woman who is reeling after learning that the two men she trusts and adores — her father and her husband — have both been keeping big secrets.

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0:00.0	Dear Sugar is supported by...
0:06.0	The Universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.
0:10.0	Sugar is here.
0:12.0	The both of us, speaking straight into your ears.
0:16.0	I'm Cheryl Strayed.
0:18.0	I'm Steve Almond. This is Dear Sugar Radio.
0:22.0	Oh dear, don't you please.
0:27.0	She has some little sweet days with me.
0:37.0	I check my bedbub every day.
0:45.0	Oh, and this sugar, using my way.
0:51.0	Hi Steve.
0:55.0	Hi Cheryl.
0:57.0	It's part two of our series on Family Secrets.
1:01.0	This week we're going to talk about discovering a secret.
1:03.0	And I was curious about learning more about your brother.
1:07.0	You mentioned you discovered a secret from your twin brother.
1:11.0	Yeah, he came out.
1:13.0	And I think the sort of narrative in people's heads or even when I say that,
1:17.0	I sort of see a family gathering and the announcement is made.
1:19.0	And there's a new understanding in order in the family.
1:21.0	That is not the way that it worked in my family.
1:25.0	And I don't think actually in most families when a secret is revealed.
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