Thicker than Water A Memoir

If you love this episode, Kerry's new memoir is Thicker Than Water and you can hear even more stories about how Kerry has navigated challenges of life.

And now today we're talking about Kerry's new book, her memoir, Thicker Than Water. I've had the fortune of having this book for the last couple of months and I cannot wait for you to read it. I highly recommend you go and grab it right now.

So my parents sat me down and told me that my dad is not my biological father, that I was born from a sperm donor.

So I'm going to go find something else. It's like that great, you know, the Winston Churchill, Brene Brown quote about like being in the ring and, you know, what it is to be in the ring. And it's that beautiful vulnerability.

It's so funny because then when you say it, it's like, yes, this is what you learn in the ashram, right? This is what you learn in a yoga practice that like, you don't get to have the transcendent moment at the end of practice, sitting in meditation until you do the 20 sun salutations.

She has a new memoir out right now that is so good, called Thicker Than Water.

I gave them this list of like, the book is coming out.

The book is seven hours and 48 minutes.

Love thicker than water is the book. It's out September 26th and it's phenomenal.

I think that the book helped me feel like I could finally be the lead character in my own life.

She has a new memoir out right now that is so good called Thicker Than Water. She drops some bombs in this. She does.

Well, I love Thicker Than Water. It's so well written. You're an incredible writer. And you read the audio book. I do.

Thicker Than Water is the book. It's out September 26. And if you're a book on tape person, you're going to be delighted because Carrie reads it.

a new memoir titled Thicker Than Water, where she examines her life, career and the discovery of a secret about her origins that her parents revealed to her just a few years ago.

The name of Kerry Washington's new memoir is Thicker Than Water.

Thank you so much for this book. ... Her new memoir is titled Thicker Than Water.

The name of Kerry Washington's new memoir is Thicker Than Water.

Our guest today is producer, activist, and actor Kerry Washington. She's written a new memoir titled Thicker Than Water.

If you're just joining us, we're talking with actor, producer, and activist Kerry Washington. She's written a new memoir titled Thicker Than Water.

Kerry Washington, thank you ... Her new memoir is titled Thicker Than Water.

Kerry Washington... She's written a new memoir titled Thicker Than Water about her career as an award-winning performer and the discovery of a secret she learns as an adult about her origins.

So, my parents told me that they were sort of forced to tell me that my dad is not my biological father.

He is always gonna be my dad.

So, I think immediately when they told me, it was weird. To be totally honest with you, I felt like excited. I felt excited and grateful because I had always felt like there was something going on in my family that I couldn't put my finger on, but it was like a dynamic of distance or like, I just knew that, I didn't know what I didn't know, but I knew that there was something between my parents and I.

It's such a good question. I have daughters too, right? So it's something that I think about a lot. I think that the food, it's like any other kind of addictive behavior. It's not about the drug. It's not really about the food or even really about the relationship with body. Came up from a compulsion of trying to escape the feelings I was having or numb them.

So what I write about in the book is that a handful of like five years ago my parents sat me down and shared with me some new information about myself that really kind of challenged the way that I thought about myself, that I thought about my family, turned my world upside down.

So my parents told me that they were sort of forced to tell me that my dad is not my biological father.

I felt excited and grateful because I had always felt like there was something going on in my family that I couldn't put my finger on but it was like a dynamic of distance or like I just knew that I didn't know what I didn't know but I knew that there was something between my parents and I.

It's not about the drug. It's not really about the food or even really about the relationship with body. It came from a compulsion to try to fix my to came up from a compulsion of trying to escape the feelings I was having or numb them.

I think when we can let go of the things that keep our true selves hidden, we can let go of our shame. So I want people to know that you deserve to live in your truth and be in your truth.

So, what I write about in the book is that a handful of like five years ago my parents sat me down and shared with me some new information about my life.

And so I wasn't gonna write a book at all. I tried to give the publisher their money back, but they wouldn't take it.

So my parents told me that they were sort of forced to tell me that my dad is not my biological father.

It's such a good question. I have daughters too, right? So it's something that I think about a lot.

When my parents told me this information, I realized because they had built this narrative, this false narrative about where I came from, I realized that in many ways I had been the supporting character in their story.