Sarah and Laura open with an update on their summer reading lives. Then, Laura interviews listener-requested memoirist Mary Laura Philpott, author of Bomb Shelter and I Miss You When I Blink.

In the Q&A, a listener with a 4 month old and 4 year old writes in wondering when she will be able to effectively plan her days again.

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