Jaclyn Desforges is the author of Danger Flower, a poetry collection about nature, sexuality, reverse mermaids and mothering. She's also the author of Why Are You So Quiet? a picture book about being an introverted kid. Her award-winning poems and stories have been published in literary magazines across Canada. Today, Jaclyn joined me to talk about a book that I have always thought I hated. It turns out, I fundamentally misunderstood "Jane Eyre," and this was one of those bookish conversations that opened my eyes and made my brain tingle. We also talked Reverse Mermaids, how to understand books differently on a re-reading, and how Jane Eyre is Jaclyn's own personal Patron Saint of Neurodivergence. Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon

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Guest: Jaclyn Desforges

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Discussed in this episode:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Danger Flower by Jaclyn Desforges

Why Are You So Quiet? by Jaclyn Desforges

Devolution by Kim Goldberg

Moving to Climate Change Hours by Ross Belot

Gold Rush by Claire Caldwell

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Wild Milk: Stories by Sabrina Orah Mark

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Quiet by Susan Cain

Sure enough, there is a Young Reader's edition of Quiet!!

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