“I found that the only way to fill that hole in my heart was to be of service. And I wanted to be of service with women,” she says about her charitable work.
At the end, she held her mother as she passed away in hospice — a moment both heartbreaking and transformative. Minka carries regrets, like missing her mom’s last Thanksgiving, but says writing her memoir, Tell Me Everything, was cathartic.
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The book was widely praised upon its release and quickly made bestseller lists. It offered a unique look into the childhood that shaped Minka… but, as she herself says, it’s also a tribute to her mother and all working-class single mothers “who were dealt a bad hand.” Publishers Weekly called it “an immensely moving story of one woman’s unconquerable spirit.”
