Iāve fallen behind on the podcast and havenāt heard him read your story. I will correct that today
I canāt remember the author at the moment, but she said she made the mistake of trying to listen to him read her short story while commuting on her bike and had to keep stopping because she was crying with joy. Heās a treasure
(Young me would also be shocked by the size of my dancing menopausal ass, but she was a bit of a judgemental bitch so who cares what she thinks)
30 years ago my idea of a fun time was going to the club - drinking and dancing. That version of me would never believe that someday my āfunā would be playing with my new pressure canner. š¤£š¤£ Iām giddy over never losing turkey stock to the freezer burn gods ever again.
I heard the same about Life of Pi (another book I really enjoyed) and we even own it. Maybe over the holidays I will watch both
The American movie with Tom Hanks was called āA Man Called Ottoā.
Made me think of a Steinbeck quote that I had to just sit and digest when I read it. I hate that worth and merit is too often tied to winning the birth lottery.
I love, love, love this book. Even though I adore Tom Hanks I wonāt watch the movie as it could never come close to the joy of this book