S3, Ep45: Friendships and Found Family: Community in Anne's House of Dreams
Kindred Spirits Book ClubShow Notes
In today’s episode, Kelly and Ragon wind up their discussion of Anne’s House of Dreams. In a book that encompasses many emotional highs and lows, we discuss friendship and family as the foundation of a happy life. Ragon explains psychological protective factors, which can help determine how well someone weathers a crisis, and we share our favorite books with found families. What we are reading: Ragon is reading ＜a href=”https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-eyes-and-the-impossible-dave-eggers/18751937?ean=9781524764203“＞ The Eyes And The Impossible ＜/a＞ by Dave Eggers and ＜a href=”https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-swifts-beth-lincoln/18539965?ean=9780593533239“＞ The Swifts: A Dictionary Of Scoundrels ＜/a＞ by Beth Linconln. Kelly is reading ＜a href=”https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-grave-robbery-deanna-raybourn/20159685?ean=9780593545959“＞ A Grave Robbery ＜/a＞ by Deanna Raybourn. And we are both tracking our reading in the ＜a href=”https://novellyyours.com/products/2024-reading-tracker“＞ Novelly Yours Reading Tracker ＜/a＞.
Inspired By: Ragon is inspired by the found families in＜a href=”https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-house-in-the-cerulean-sea-klune-tj/9881851?ean=9781250217318“＞ The House In The Cerulean Sea ＜/a＞ by T.J. Klune and＜a href=”https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-very-secret-society-of-irregular-witches-sangu-mandanna/18151716?ean=9780593439357“＞ The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches＜/a＞ by Sangu Mandana. Kelly is inspired by the found families in ＜a href=”https://bookshop.org/p/books/nettle-bone-t-kingfisher/18349589?ean=9781250244048“＞ Nettle And Bone ＜/a＞ by T. Kingfisher and ＜a href=”https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-adventures-of-amina-al-sirafi-shannon-chakraborty/18834226?ean=9780062963512“＞ The Adventures Of Amina Al-Siragi ＜/a＞ by Shannon Chakaborty.
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