Hey everybody, this is Melanie and welcome to a special series of the Big Bootcast called

Five Questions.

This week in bonus episode 4 we're continuing the conversation we had a few weeks ago on

episode 224 with Elizabeth Pasarella, author of Good Apple, Tales of a Southern Evangelical

in New York.

Elizabeth is going to talk about New York and writing through grief and the wonder that

is any grant.

And if you're wondering why I'm doing the introduction this week it's because I'm only

in this episode a little bit because I had to leave for a soccer game because it's

that time of year.

So I just wanted to say hey, really, you'll hear me off and on for the first 10 minutes or

so and then it's just Sophie and Elizabeth.

I'll be back at the end of the episode to wrap up the conversation and tell you all the

places you can find Elizabeth online.

All right, we're going to jump right into our conversation with Elizabeth Pasarella like

no introductions just full speed ahead from the very beginning.

I hope y'all enjoy.

Okay, so I said when I first mentioned your book Good Apple on this podcast, I said that

I felt like it was your love letter to New York City that I just like your affection for

that place is so embedded just all over that thing.

And there was a line.

I think it was toward the end of the book where you said this, you said that you feel closer

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