In 'All Adults Here,' family is messy

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🗓️ 27 December 2021

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Author Emma Straub has written a book about family dynamics and the mess and love that comes with them in All Adults Here. It's no secret that families are complicated. Straub argues a lot of our familial relationships are watching each other grow up and whether or not you allow those you love to grow and change. She told NPR's Scott Simon though that even the bits that aren't perfect are worth loving.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's NPR's Book of the Day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. When I visit my folks, I can't help but feel like I'm 16 again. You know, like I'll intentionally wear my radiest clothes and hope my mom will notice so she'll take me to marshals and buy me new underwear. Or I'll pick a fight with my dad about something stupid that will drop the second we're hungry,
0:21.7	which is about every 15 minutes or so.
0:24.4	It's not a dynamic that I enjoy per se, but one I miss from time to time.
0:30.0	I actually missed it listening to today's interview with Emma Straub.
0:33.3	Her book, All Adults Here, is all about these intergenerational dynamics and how people grow up or don't.
0:41.0	And she tells NPR Scott Simon about the weird little things in her family that are representative of some big feelings.
0:48.4	In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life.
0:53.2	Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors.
0:57.8	On our new show, Sources and Methods.
0:59.8	NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people,
1:03.5	helping you understand why distant events matter here at home.
1:07.4	Listen to sources and methods on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:13.5	And Ms. Robb's new novel reminds us how lives can change in an instant.
1:18.0	Not that we may need that reminder much right now.
1:21.8	Astrid Strick sees a lifelong friend.
1:23.9	She'd never much like get hit and killed by an empty speeding school bus.
1:28.9	At the age of 68, she realizes she tells her children, there are always more school buses.
1:35.6	All Adults Here is the title of Emis Straub's new, modern family saga of three generations
1:41.2	thrown together, whether they like it or not, and a lot of the time they
1:45.4	don't.
1:46.2	And Amistrobb, the bestselling author of The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, and other books.
1:51.2	And by the way, an independent bookstore owner joins us from Brooklyn.
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