Podcast
On Being with Krista Tippett
The interviewee discussed this book, describing it as a personal account of suffering and focusing on her mother's Alzheimer's disease, as well as the ways in which stories shape our lives. The book's themes were discussed during an interview anecdote.
And it was a few years ago on the tour for The Far Away Nearby, a really personal book.
— Episode: [Unedited] Rebecca Solnit with Krista Ti...
Episode: [Unedited] Rebecca Solnit with Krista Tippett
The interviewee discussed this book, describing it as a personal account of suffering and focusing on her mother's Alzheimer's disease, as well as the ways in which stories shape our lives. The book's themes were discussed during an interview anecdote.
And it was a few years ago on the tour for The Far Away Nearby, a really personal book.
And that's about your mother's Alzheimer's and that's part of the suffering. That's a big piece of the suffering.
One of the things I'm really interested in is what are the stories we tell and what are their consequences and are there other ways of telling other stories that don't get told.