Episode 23: Indigenous Stories, Character Studies, and Unexplained Phenomena

This month Cheryl, Mari and Jessica talk fiction and non-fiction picks touching on Native American Heritage, our relationships with food and the kitchen, writing featuring deep character studies, as well as a few unexplained mysteries.  

Cheryl’s Books:    
Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age by Joy Harjo
The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects by Bee Wilson
Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague by Maggie O’Farrell
Love Forms: A Novel by Claire Adam

Mentioned:
Nomadland (film)
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
2025 Booker Prize Longlist

Jessica’s Books:   
Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand by Jeff Chu
Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten
Wolf Bells by Leni Zumas
Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories by Bora Chung

Mentioned:
Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans, 
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

Mari’s Books:   
Why We Dance A Story Hope and Healing by Deidre Havrelock
Dead Ends! Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels by Lindsey Fitzharris
Is it Real? The Loch Ness Monster by Candace Fleming
Nessie by Ilse De Keyzer

Mentioned:
Plague Busters! Medicine’s Battles with History’s Deadliest Diseases by Lindsey Fitzharris