Heartwood by Amity Gaige is a taut tale about mothers and daughters, survival and life. Amity joins us to talk about the Appalachian Trail, the COVID pandemic, loneliness, connection, friction, identity and more with guest host Brenda Allison.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Brenda Allison and mixed by Harry Liang.

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Featured Books (Episode): Heartwood by Amity Gaige Sandwich by Catherine Newman Wreck by Catherine Newman Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar