May 22, 2023
It's just Julie this week, with an update about my absence and conversation about how my girlfriends have pulled me through this horrible season of life. Spoiler alert: they fed me tacos and wine and led me to the books that are helping me see things differently. As friends do!
Host: Julie Strauss
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Discussed in this episode:
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
This also exists as a stage play adaptation, performed on audiobook by Vanessa Redgrave
Jaymi Couch, The OC Book Girl Instagram
Jaymi’s newsletter, Let’s Read Nonfiction
If you are a So Cal resident, don’t miss Jaymi’s amazing So Cal Reads Newsletter, where she links to author and reader events all over Southern California
Geometry of Grief: Reflections on Mathematics, Loss, and Life by Michael Frame
When Your Heart Says Go: My Year of Traveling Beyond Loss and Loneliness by Judy Reeves
This Isn't Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew by Daniel Wallace
Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets by Kyo Maclear
The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival by Bozoma Saint John
What Looks Like Bravery: An Epic Journey Through Loss to Love by Laurel Braitman
So Sorry for Your Loss: How I Learned to Live with Grief, and Other Grave Concerns by Dina Gachman
One Long Listening: A Memoir of Grief, Friendship, and Spiritual Care by Chenxing Han
Everything All at Once: A Memoir by Stephanie Catudal
How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton
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