This week, In The Offering, Sophie sacrifices Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (no one who grew up in a Marsh has teeth like that), Sarah sacrifices On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle, and Sallie venerates What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman — a memoir about travelling the world while your friends have children.
We also get into book ratings: whether you need them, what a five star actually means, and why Sallie's system is just vibes (and probably the healthiest approach out of all of us).
Then we're deep into Section Two of A Little Life — The Postman. We finally spend real time with Jude, meet Harold properly, and ask whether Andy is doing nearly enough as a healthcare professional.
Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of self-harm, child abuse, and sexual abuse as depicted in A Little Life.
Spoilers for A Little Life, Section Two: The Postman.
Books discussed in this episode:
Where the Crawdads Sing — Delia Owens
On the Calculation of Volume — Solvej Balle
What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding — Kristin Newman
Into Thin Air — Jon Krakauer
Lonesome Dove — Larry McMurtry
A Little Life — Hanya Yanagihara
The People in the Trees — Hanya Yanagihara
You can buy any of these books through our Bookshop.org store to support the pod.
Show music adapted from "What A Wonderful Day" by Shane Ivers (silvermansound.com) and licensed under creative commons BY 4.0 Artwork by Keith Kilpin Produced by Oscar Rogers
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