Join us this week as we give our empathy muscles a workout and chat about six of the best contemporary memoirs we’ve read recently. 

Saph recommends This Is Not A Pity Memoir by Abbi Morgan, Taking Sides: A Memoir About Love, War, and Changing the World by Sherine Tadros, and The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen. Joseph recommends Stay True by Hua Hsu, In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, and Also A Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me by Ada Calhoun. 

Also this week, Joseph read The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine and Saph read The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin 

This week’s listener recommendation request comes from Sara who loved The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré and is looking for similar books. Joseph recommends Half A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Saph recommends The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. 

Also mentioned in this episode:

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

War Stories by Jeremy Bowen

Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen

Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day 

Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends by Marisa G Franco

See the Novel Thoughts bookshop page for all books mentioned in this episode.

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