Writer Kristi Coulter on Laurie Colwin's Happy All The Time, sobriety, and which books count as important. To learn more about the books we've mentioned in this week's episode, check out Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries, Kristi Coulter's Nothing Good Can Come From This, Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Family series, Laurie Colwin's Happy All The Time, and Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse. You can find transcripts of this episode and past ones on LitHub. This episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus (thegreatcoursesplus.com/anotherstory) and Boomer1. And please fill out our survey at bit.ly/butthatsanothersurvey.

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