Sarah LaBrie’s “No One Gets to Fall Apart”
Medaya Ocher is joined by TV writer, memoirist, and librettist Sarah LaBrie, author of the book “No One Gets to Fall Apart.”
May 9, 2025
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Sarah LaBrie’s “No One Gets to Fall Apart”
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Medaya Ocher is joined by TV writer, memoirist, and librettist Sarah LaBrie, author of the book No One Gets to Fall Apart. The book is a memoir of LaBrie’s fraught relationship with her mother, who suffers a psychotic break in 2017 and is found on the side of a freeway, convinced that she is being followed by FBI agents. LaBrie is then forced to confront the difficulties and mysteries of her childhood, the way her family dealt with mental illness, and the many questions we all face around fate and inheritance.
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