Hello everyone, and welcome to Speaking with Joy, a podcast to fill your soul, challenge your mind,

and make you brave. I'm your host, Joy Clarkson, and an evangelist for all things good, true,

and beautiful. So make yourself a cup of tea, find, true, and beautiful.

So make yourself a cup of tea, find somewhere comfortable, and let's dive in to this week's episode.

The problem with this book is not that it's too difficult for kids.

It's too difficult for grownups.

Too many grown-ups tend to put themselves into little rooms with windows that don't open and doors that are locked.

And they want to close themselves off from any new ideas.

But you're ready and open for new ideas and new things and new

excitements. So I hope you'll enjoy this book. I had a wonderful time writing it. Hello everyone,

and welcome to the first episode of Reading with Joy, our summer book club where we will be exploring

A Rinkle in Time by Malolingal.

This is, though it's hard to believe, my third year hosting a summer book club.

Yes, and it's been so fun.

And this summer I'm doing something special, which is that on every single episode, I will have a guest join me to talk about a chapter in A Rinkle

and Time for the next 12 weeks because that's what a good book club should be. It should be discussing

it with friends. And today, I have one of my best of friends in the whole world. My mama joining me

to give you this introduction to A Rinkle in time, a book that we both love dearly.

My mother, Sally Clarkson, that is.

So welcome on the show, Mama.

I am so happy to be here.

You know that this is something I would love to talk about for a long time.

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