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Soul and Wit

183. Favorites Conversation with Author, Jenny Bayliss

Soul and Wit

Bailey Carver

Self-improvement, Simplicity, Personaldevelopment, Selfhelp, Happiness, Education, Mentalhealth, Minimalism

4.8681 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

It’s time for a new Favorites Conversation! Courtney and Bailey chat with an author they love and know you will love too. This is a cozy conversation about writing, the holidays and favorite things. Jenny Bayliss, a former professional cake baker, lives in a small seaside town in the UK with her husband, their children having left home for big adventures. She is the author of the new book, A December to Remember, The Twelve Dates of Christmas, A Season for Second Chances, and Meet Me Under the Mistletoe.


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Episode Notes and Resources: 

Books and activities mentioned by Courtney and Bailey: 

56 Days

Yellowface

Before We Were Innocent

Glossy

Eat Drink SLC

Lorenza Wine


Jenny’s new book:

A December to Remember


Jenny’s favorite movies and shows:

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Schitt's Creek

Only Murders in the Building


Jenny’s favorite musicians: 

Taylor Swift

Billy Joel


Jenny’s favorite authors and books:

Anthony Horowitz

Georgette Heyer

Kathryn Foxfield

Cynthia Murphy

The Grace Year  

Wild


Additional Resources: 

The Fountain Bookstore

The Literary League


Where you can find Jenny:  

Instagram


Buy Jenny's new book – A December to Remember – and prior novels


Where you can find us:

Bailey: @beautifuldetour or www.beautifuldetour.com

Courtney: @bemorewithless or www.bemorewithless.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Soul and Witt. I'm Courtney. And I'm Bailey. We are the mother-daughter duo here to make you laugh, grow, and feel more connected to your favorite things.

0:23.6

Hi, Bailey.

0:24.3

Hi, Mom.

0:25.9

You beat me to it.

0:26.4

I know.

0:28.6

I had to really rush in there.

0:29.3

You're excited.

0:31.7

I am.

0:32.1

Yeah.

0:33.6

How's your day been?

0:36.5

It's been actually really good.

0:37.0

Yeah.

0:40.8

Like I had a slow morning. I am reading a new book.

0:50.6

What book? I'm reading finally 56 days, I think it's called. Oh, I'm interested if you're going to like that. Yes. Well, I couldn't read it for a long time because it's set during the

0:54.9

pandemic and it was just too close. And I would say it's like it's very much like about the pandemic

1:00.5

too. It's not like oh, the pandemic's happening. It's like part of the whole storyline. Right. And it's

1:05.9

capturing so many of like the little things that I sort of forgot that you kind of let go like when your hands got so worn out from washing them all the time, for instance.

1:17.0

Yep, yep, yep, yep.

1:17.7

Just little tiny bits and pieces.

1:21.1

But I feel okay about it.

1:23.5

Not the pandemic, of course, but okay about reading the book at this moment.

1:28.3

Yeah.

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