Geraldine Brooks Honors Her Husband

The Book Case

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Fiction, Arts, Books, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Geraldine Brooks' latest, Memorial Days, is a deeply personal memoir about the sudden loss of her husband Tony Horowitz. In this beautiful and deeply felt book, Geraldine remembers her husband and honors his legacy and their love. She walks us through the days after his death while simultaneously also taking us through her mourning process. Find out why Memorial Days was important to her survival, and how writing the book helped her and her family deal with the impossible task of grieving. Find books mentioned on The Book Case: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302 Books mentioned in this week's episode: Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks March by Geraldine Brooks Horse by Geraldine Brooks Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks After Annie by Anna Quindlen Grief is for People by Sloane Crossley The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander A Widow’s Story by Joyce Carol Oates I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company by Brian Hall Overstory by Richard Powers Gilead by Marilynne Robinson The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	Hello and happy Thursday. Welcome to The Bookcase. It is the week after Valentine's Day, which I'm sure
0:43.4	means everybody is on their treadmills working off all of the bonbons. I am Kate. I'm Kate Gipson,
0:50.2	one half of the hosting team. And the roses may have faded a little bit.
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0:59.5	that we belittled last week have been consumed.
1:02.8	So anyway, we can get back to books.
1:04.6	I'm the Charlie Gibson part,
1:05.9	and this is the bookcase with Kate and Charlie,
1:08.2	and it's good to have you with us.
1:09.7	You know, I don't know about the chalk hearts.
1:11.5	I think the chalk hearts are like Keith Richards.
1:14.2	They just have like a half-life of like hundreds and hundreds of years.
1:17.6	Like nuclear war will hit.
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