LoLT: The ‘Pack One Bag’ Podcast and Two New Books

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Melissa & Dave

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🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In this episode, we get excited about two books: A Season for That by Steve Hoffman and The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. Then Mel explains why she’s so excited to get the new episode of the ‘Pack One Bag’ podcast every week. Links A Season for That by Steve Hoffman Steve Hoffman’s website and an interview with the Star Tribune Still blog by Mary Jo Hoffman and an interview with Yoga Journal Still: The Art of Noticing by Mary Jo Hoffman The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Long Bright River by Liz Moore Podcast: Pennsylvania: Political Player, Potato Chip Maker The ‘Pack One Bag’ website Deadline Magazine on the podcast and the upcoming TV remake Stanley Tucci Compares WW2 Fascism Story to Now — ‘It’s Happening Today’ Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Join our FREE Substack to get our (awesome) newsletter and join in chats with other people who love books and travel. Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Substack Patreon Parts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast are produced in udio! Some effects are provided by soundly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, a memoir about living the dream in France.
0:05.4	A literary gothic thriller set at a summer camp.
0:08.8	Plus our distraction of the week.
0:10.7	I'm Mel.
0:11.4	I'm Dave.
0:12.3	This is the Library of Lost Time.
0:16.7	I'm just a few chapters into the new memoir, A Season for That by Steve Hoffman.
0:22.7	But I can say with confidence that this is a keeper.
0:26.1	How so?
0:27.0	The author is really good at describing what he loves about France and how challenging it is when reality kind of butts up against the dream.
0:38.5	Can relate.
0:39.9	As a day job, he has mostly been a tax preparer, but he's also a food writer.
0:45.8	And he's no slouch in the food writing department.
0:48.7	He won a James Beard Award in 2019 and a slew of other food writing honors.
0:54.4	That's quite a combination of skills there.
0:56.5	I know. He's a really interesting guy.
0:58.0	Yeah.
0:58.7	Like many of us, he learned French in high school and fell in love with the idea of France.
1:04.7	When he was in his 20s, he even lived in Paris for a while.
1:08.0	But then fast forward a few decades, he's a full-on adult living in Minnesota with his
1:13.2	wife and two kids and this still flickering desire to live in France. His kids went to the local
1:20.7	French school, so they were immersed in learning the French language. And then he was like,
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