Kathy Wang Believes in Satisfaction

The Book Case

ABC News

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.7 • 913 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Kathy Wang’s newest, The Satisfaction Café is the story of Joan Laing, her compromises, her victories, her loves and her loneliness. In this memorable story, Joan and her reflections lead us through the journey of her life…culminating in the opening of a unique, strange and lovely café.. Kathy’s writing is poignant, subtle, and Joan, her protagonist is flawed yet inspiring. Take a seat at the Satisfaction Café with us as we talk to Kathy about how she does what she does, and why she believes “satisfaction” may spell out true happiness. 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: The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang Imposter Syndrome by Kathy Wang Family Trust by Kathy Wang The World According to Garp by John Irving Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler Monogamy by Sue Miller Villain by Shūichi Yoshida Middlemarch by George Eliot Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Fielding The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm John Quignores.
0:02.0	Vanessa Guillen, a 20-year-old soldier,
0:05.0	vanishes while on duty at an Army base in Texas.
0:09.0	Her family demands answers.
0:12.0	How can she go missing on a military base?
0:14.0	That's too ridiculous.
0:16.0	The search goes on for months.
0:19.0	Where is Vanessa? And a dark story starts to unfold.
0:25.6	She told her family that she was being sexually harassed
0:29.6	and wasn't reporting it out of fear of retribution and retaliation.
0:34.6	What investigators finally uncover is horrifying.
0:40.0	Find out how one soldier, a beloved sister and daughter, ignited a movement and sparked
0:46.5	a reckoning in the U.S. military.
0:50.0	Listen to Vanished.
0:51.7	What happened to Vanessa?
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1:04.1	Happy Thursday, book nerds.
1:10.2	Summer rounds to a close and we start heading back to back to school shopping and who's
1:15.9	getting what for homeroom letters in the mail.
1:18.9	Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
1:20.2	Summer just started.
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