Jan Grue, I LIVE A LIFE LIKE YOURS: A Memoir

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 6 September 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Norwegian author and professor Jan Grue joins Zibby to discuss his latest book, I Live a Life Like Yours, which was originally published in Norway in 2018. They talk about how Jan was inspired to write the book after reviewing medical and bureaucratic files on his childhood that painted a very different picture than his happy memories, and shares how he went about reconciling the two. Zibby and Jan's conversation also touches on the differences in how those with disabilities are treated in the U.S. and in Norway, as well as the importance of simply being kind to everyone you encounter.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
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0:34.8	Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:40.0	Jan Gru is the author of I Live a Life Like Yours, a memoir. Jan is the author of a wide-ranging body of work in fiction, nonfiction,
0:46.0	children's books, and academic literature, and is a professor at the University of Oslo. I Live a Life
0:51.3	Like Yours was published in 2018 in Norway, where it won the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and was nominated to the Nordic Council Literature Prize, the first Norwegian nonfiction book to be so honored in 50 years.
1:03.6	It was translated into English.
1:05.3	Welcome, Jan.
1:06.0	Thank you so much for coming on Mom's Don't Have Time to read books to discuss I Live a Life like yours,
1:11.0	a memoir. Thank you. And yeah, the book is here now. So great. Very exciting. You are such a
1:19.3	beautiful writer. I mean, I'm sure you know this, but maybe it will be nice to hear. But like,
1:24.2	your prose, the way you write, it's so poetic and lyrical and just gorgeous.
1:30.1	So I just wanted to start with that.
1:31.8	I was so impressed and just kind of riveted and brought in by the style of your writing,
1:37.3	not to mention your amazing story.
1:39.3	So thank you.
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