046: Memories and Other Lies We Tell Each Other

Book Squad Podcast

We've got a jam-packed episode for you -- book recs, personality types, Jewish mourning customs, and an amazing debut novel about memory that made us both laughcry. Show notes: https://lplks.org/blogs/post/046-memories-and-other-lies Two Book Minimum: Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall (R.I.P. 2019) The Enneagram Made Easy by Renee Baron Good Talk by Mira Jacob Kaddish.com by Nathan Englander She Said/She Said: Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong Rachel Khong's first novel is charming, hilarious, and also heart-wrenching: Freshly disengaged from her fiancé and feeling that life has not turned out quite the way she planned, thirty-year-old Ruth quits her job, leaves town and arrives at her parents' home to find that situation more complicated than she'd realized. Her father, a prominent history professor, is losing his memory and is only erratically lucid. Ruth's mother, meanwhile, is lucidly erratic. But as Ruth's father's condition intensifies, the comedy in her situation takes hold, gently transforming her all her grief. Told in captivating glimpses and drawn from a deep well of insight, humor, and unexpected tenderness, Goodbye, Vitamin pilots through the loss, love, and absurdity of finding one's footing in this life. Note: This book is a great book club read! Suuuupes discuss-able. Library News: check the show notes for some great events, plus our new calendar format! https://issuu.com/lplmarketing/docs/binder1 ----- 2019 Book Squad Goals Reading Challenge can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/LPLBSG2019 Twice(-ish) a month, the librarians are in, with their favorite recommendations in Two Book Minimum, a toe-to-toe discussion on a book or topic, as well as news from the book world, updates from Lawrence Public Library, and beyond. This episode was produced by Jim Barnes in the Sound & Vision studio. Our theme song is by Heidi Lynne Gluck. You can find the Book Squad Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or SoundCloud. Please subscribe and leave us comments – we’d love to know what you think, and your comments make it easier for other people to find our podcast. Happy reading and listening! xo, Polli & Kate