A Journey to Three Pines - Episode 2: A Fatal Grace
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2023
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book before listening to the episode.
As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes.
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2:02 - The Set Up
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
3:34 - Putting the Book Into Context
Publication date (mentioned that it is the last book pre-iPhone which comes into play later)
The rating is higher on Audible than Goodreads, speaking to the quality of narration.
Seasonal setting - Winter
Book Awards: Agatha Award for Best Novel in 2007
Critic Reviews
Release date confusion
Alternate Title: Dead Cold (Canadian title), TV Show on Amazon Prime titled this episode “Whiteout”
Meredith’s and Roxanna’s encounters with the book
9:37 - A Deeper Exploration
First few paragraphs
Still Life by Louise Penny
Gamache is not introduced until chapter 8
Immediate body shaming of CC’s daughter by CC herself
The Oddness Factor
P.148 highlighting the oddness of the murder
The Canadian Perspective
Exploration of art used in A Fatal Grace
The pacing of the novel
The Villagers and the Village itself
Themes: Three Pines as a place of respite, Introspection and the acceptance of oneself, Light and Dark
The comparison of CC, Peter and Clara Morrow
Vulnerability and authenticity at superpowers
Lack of small children belonging to main characters
The Fear Factor
46:57 - What Do We Need to Know?
Village of Three Pines - The Bistro, The Hadley House
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Enneagram Corner
Introduction to Arnoult
1:00:22 - Superlatives
Biggest flaw or disappointment
Fat shaming and appearance shaming
Favorite scene
Character MVP
Biggest loser
Best food description
Favorite quote
1:20:44 - Within the Series
Setting the table
Favorite quote
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
Next episode’s read: The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
No Spoilers this episode!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to a Journey to Three Pines. |
| 0:21.4 | In this special limited edition series from the currently reading podcast, we are doing |
| 0:26.1 | a deep exploration of each book in Louise Penny's Three Pines mystery series. |
| 0:32.2 | And we mean it, we are diving deep into it. |
| 0:35.6 | We'll delve into the mysteries, we'll talk about the characters we love and the characters |
| 0:39.7 | we love to hate, we'll walk around the delightful village of Three Pines and probably visit |
| 0:44.3 | the bistro for a croissant and a bowl of cafe au lait. |
| 0:47.5 | We'll discuss everything from the themes that Penny explores to why we love Armand Camache |
| 0:53.5 | and all the rest. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm Meredith Munde Schwartz, co-host of the currently reading podcast and the Three Pines |
| 0:59.8 | mystery series is my favorite book series of all time. |
| 1:04.1 | And I'm Roxana Casemcara, a Canadian reader and show regular on the currently reading |
| 1:08.4 | podcast and I'm making my way through the series and loving it. |
| 1:12.3 | We should say right at the top that this podcast series is for people who have read the |
| 1:17.0 | book that we are diving into. |
| 1:19.8 | There will be spoilers about a fatal grace in this episode. |
| 1:25.8 | So if you haven't read it yet, you may want to press pause and come back when you've |
| 1:29.4 | got that reading in. |
| 1:30.5 | We will be discussing each book in context of the series as a whole, but we'll save those |
| 1:35.8 | portions of the discussion for the end of the episode and we'll tell you when that is |
| 1:40.6 | going to happen. |
| 1:41.8 | So as Meredith said in today's episode, we're going to focus on a fatal grace, the second |
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