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The Book Case

Janice Page and an Unlikely Memoir

The Book Case

ABC News

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.7913 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Janice Page’s The Year of the Water Horse is a funny memoir. At times, laugh out loud funny. But it is also about why we tell stories, what we make important in our lives, what we protect and what we share. Full of thoughtful reflection, this is a book that will have you looking at your own life, wondering where the magic is in your story. Janice Page has created magic out of her story through her prose and humor, and we talk to her about it.  Our bookstore this week is Booksmart in San Jose.  Join us! Find books mentioned on The Book Case: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302 Books mentioned on this week's episode: The Year of the Water Horse by Janice Page Where Rivers Part by Kao Kalia Yang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Olivia Culpo here to tell you all about the launch of the new Abercrombie spring denim collection,

0:05.5

made the way denim should feel. Their denim has always been a staple in my wardrobe and has a wide range of fits,

0:11.4

styles, and washes. Every jean is available in both their classic fit and viral curve love.

0:17.5

Shop in the app, online, and in stores. Well, welcome, Bibliophiles. It's the bookcase with Kate and Charlie again.

0:39.4

We're now solidly into the new year, and we're glad you're sticking with us.

0:43.8

We really appreciate your being here.

0:46.0

Anyway, I'm the Charlie Gibson part of Kate and Charlie.

0:48.8

I am the Kate part of the Kate and Charlie, and I live in the Midwest.

0:52.4

And the way that you can tell I live in the Midwest is I am

0:55.3

indoors sitting in my own bedroom, wearing fingerless gloves and a scarf. And so I think we've

1:02.4

finally gotten to that very important lay miserab at the end of the day stage of winter in the

1:07.8

Midwest. And I'm embracing it. and I'm looking forward to it not being

1:11.8

January anymore. Welcome.

1:13.7

Kate said her street is a solid sheet of ice, and I'm in Seattle, and guess what? It's raining.

1:20.3

Excellent. Excellent. So we both have weather that lives up to our...

1:24.8

I passed my neighbor the other day, and he goes, you know, I bet if I bent over, I could see my face in the street and we tried it and we could.

1:32.3

We have this week a memoir, and I mention it because over the next few weeks, we're going to have

1:38.8

three memoirs. I love memoirs. I think they're really interesting if the person captivates my interest.

1:45.6

And that's incumbent for a memoir writer to do. They have to make you fascinated by their lives.

1:52.6

This week we have Janice Page, who has written a book called The Year of the Water Horse.

1:58.3

We'll explain why that title is there. In a couple of weeks, we're going to

2:02.0

talk to Susan Orlean, who wrote a book called Joy Ride, which is wonderful. And then the third one

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