Books, Basketball & Family Stories with Sue's Sister, Jen Bird

Описание: This week on A Touch More, we are convening for our first-ever book club meeting! We’re joined by a very special guest: Sue’s older sister Jen, the owner of Athena Books in Old Greenwich, CT.

Even if you didn’t get a chance to finish our first pick, We Can Do Hard Things (https://bookshop.org/lists/a-touch-mo...) by Abby Wambach and Glennon and Amanda Doyle, join us to hear why the book was the perfect debut selection. We’ll hear some listener thoughts on the book and then get into much more with Jen, like why she opened a bookstore, how she reads 70+ books a year, and how she can take some credit for Sue’s speed on the court.

Also, Jen recommended some more books for this summer! Check them out and order them here: https://bookshop.org/lists/athena-boo... Listen to find out how to enter a raffle to win some of these books!

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - First-ever book club meeting
02:05 - Check in
05:00 - Firs pick, We Can Do Hard Things, discussion
08:09 - Welcoming Jen Bird
09:03 - Being a business owner
10:31 - Opening Athena Books
15:25 - Book recommendations
17:32 - Building community
18:40 - First pick, We Can Do Hard Things, reasoning
23:55 - Summer reads
28:45 - Giveaway!
29:19 - Support your local bookstore
31:35 - Embarrassing childhood stories
34:08 - You Meme So Much
39:00 - Credits