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Anna Konkle Publishes ‘The Sane One,’ a Raw Memoir Beyond ‘Pen15

She says the book format lets her tackle harsher truths beyond what TV allowed.

Overview

  • The Sane One, Anna Konkle’s memoir, is available now.
  • The book centers on her relationship with her father, covering estrangement, a later reconciliation, and his death.
  • Konkle says it extends themes from Pen15 and needed a book to carry darker, more experimental writing.
  • She shared chapters with relatives for accuracy and consent, noting broad support and her late father’s advice to “write it all.”
  • Becoming a mother in 2021 shaped her feelings about revisiting the past as she finished the manuscript.