1KHO 846: The Stories That Make Us | Sheila Quinn, Where Flowers Once Grew

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Life can change in a single generation, but the values that carry a family forward can last forever. In this conversation, bestselling historical novelist Sheila Quinn returns to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast to talk about her beautiful new novel, Where Flowers Once Grew which is a story inspired by her own grandmother's childhood during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. We talk about growing up with very little, why work was simply part of life, the surprising joy found in simple things, and how family stories shape the people we become. If you've ever wondered what we've lost, what we've kept, and why it's worth asking your grandparents more questions while you still can, this episode will stay with you long after it ends. Grab your copy of Where the Flower Once Grew and check out Sheila's Substack A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them out below: BetterHelp: Visit ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠ today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Whisker - Take care of your cats while taking an additional $50 off bundles with code 1000HOURS when you shop ⁠www.whisker.com/1000HOURS⁠ woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code 1000HOURS at checkout for 10% off your new bike purchase, excluding the woom WOW. Muzzle Sleep Tape - Go to ⁠MuzzleSleep.com⁠ and use code 1000HOURS for 10% off. Ethos Life Insurance - Get your free quote at ⁠ethos.com/1000hours⁠ Active Skin Repair - Don’t forget to put this in your first aid kit! Visit ⁠ActiveSkinRepair.com⁠ and use the code 1000HOURS to save 20% on all Active Skin Repair products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.1	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.
0:25.3	My name is Ginny Urich and the founder of 1000 Hours Outside.
0:28.4	And one of my favorite authors is back today.
0:31.5	Sheila Quinn, welcome back.
0:34.0	Thank you.
0:34.7	Thanks for having me.
0:35.7	I appreciate so much what you do for authors and books and just in general reading and literacy. You are a champion for those of us who are in the book world. So thank you.
0:47.3	Aw. That's fun. That's a part I really love because reading it just enhances your life so much. You know, no matter what type of books you're reading for kids, all the way through adults.
0:57.0	And I think in an age that's heavy with screens, reading can be one of those things that
1:02.0	mitigate some of the negative parts of that.
1:05.0	And so obviously we want there to be good books out in the world.
1:08.0	And we talked last time about your book called So Long as It's Wonderful.
1:11.7	And I just loved it.
1:13.2	I felt like I was a part of the story and the characters and the setting.
1:18.4	And this book is based off of your own family.
1:21.7	So I was wanting to kick it off, Sheila, by asking about if you think, okay, so you do this deep dive into your family tree you're asking
1:30.6	you're having interviews and this is within the last hundred years you know talking about great
1:34.6	depression dust bowl era do you feel like in a hundred years someone's going to be able to write
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