This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss That Kind of Mother, Undead Girl Gang, Belly Up, and more great books.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove and Wicked River by Jenny Milchman.

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Trigger warning for discussion of suicide starting around 3:45.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Girl and the Grove by Eric Smith

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam

Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall

Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship by Kayleen Schaefer

I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture by A. D. Jameson

Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

Belly Up: Stories by Rita Bullwinkel

Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy

What we’re reading this week:

Bad Man by Dathan Auerbach

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

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