122: Lisa Brennan-Jobs (SMALL FRY) and Marilynne Robinson's HOUSEKEEPING

In This Episode:

Just about a year after it first hit shelves and just in time for the paperback release, Lisa Brennan-Jobs stops by the Damn Library with her terrific memoir Small Fry. She talks about growing up under the shadow of a famous father, wanting to write anything other than a memoir but needing to write a memoir, bullshitting, and more -- plus, she finally got the guys to read some Marilynne Robinson and much is made of her tremendous debut Housekeeping.

The Ep. 122 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith // The Ghost Box III edited by Patton Oswalt
Lisa: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett // Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson
Christopher: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

ALSO MENTIONED:

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson
The Dead by James Joyce
Harold and Maude (1971)
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Machines Like Us by Ian McEwan

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Lisa: army boots, for fall!
Christopher: "Concrete” by Poppy
Drew: Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry // How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

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