Echols: ‘Our scars tell our stories’
Candace Echols
Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.”
“When you think about it, there are an endless number of ways people write their stories on their skin.”
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