140. What's Real?!

<p><strong>Today's Out of the Ordinary Book:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24353/9780800735319"><em>The Weight of Memory</em></a><em> written and read by</em> Shawn Smucker<em> </em></p> <p><em><strong>Visiting Author, Shawn Smucker shares a reading from his latest novel!</strong></em></p> <p><strong>Key Conversation Points:</strong></p> <ul> <li>If you've loved anyone that's received the worst news of their life, this book will help you navigate the depths of their feelings.  </li> <li>Here is a story that makes us ask questions about what is real and what is true in our own lives. </li> <li>Here is a grandpa and a granddaughter who straddle two timelines, two realities and discover where they intersect in beautiful and unexpected ways </li> <li>Is the lady with the silver hair really who we think she might be?</li> <li>This sticky ending will leave you thinking about it, stuck on Shawn's small town life and four friends whose lives intertwine with a lake and a little girl in deeply mysterious ways. </li> </ul> <p><strong>Podcast links:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.blackbarnonline.com/">Click here</a> to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast.</p> <p>_______</p> <p>Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible.</p> <p><a href="https://www.betabrand.com/ordinary">Click here</a> for 30% off your order with Betabrand, for a limited time. Find out why women are ditching typical work pants for Betabrand’s Dress Pant Yoga Pants.</p> <p><a href="https://www.stitchfix.com/ordinary">Click here</a> for 25% off when you keep everything in your Stitch Fix order. </p> <p><a href="http://www.betterhelp.com/ordinary">Click here</a> to join over 1 million people taking charge of their mental health through the online counseling offered by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month by visiting <a href= "http://www.betterhelp.com/ordinary">www.betterhelp.com/ordinary</a></p> <p><a href="http://greenchef.com/ordi