Sarah Mandel, LITTLE EARTHQUAKES: A Memoir
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by clinical psychologist and author Sarah Mandel to discuss Little Earthquakes, a beautiful, brave, and thought-provoking memoir about her extraordinary journey with Stage Four breast cancer while pregnant with her second baby, and the insights into life, death, trauma, and healing that she gleaned. Sarah talks about the terrifying experience, from finding a lump and being diagnosed hours before giving birth to beating cancer in three months and falling into a dissociated state, traumatized and numb. She also shares the story of her recovery, the experience of putting it all on paper (narrative therapy!) and getting it published, and how all of this affected her marriage, relationships, and profession.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
| 0:23.5 | You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com. |
| 0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
| 0:31.2 | features. |
| 0:31.8 | That's at Zibbymag.com. |
| 0:33.1 | We have classes at Zippy Classes.com. |
| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of |
| 0:47.9 | our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018. |
| 0:56.5 | And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy it. Sarah Mandel is the author of Little Earthquakes, a memoir, |
| 1:07.3 | which I absolutely loved and actually have become Instagram friends and buddies and in-person |
| 1:13.0 | friends too with Sarah since reading her book and going to the launch of it at Shakespeare in New York |
| 1:19.2 | and then having her come to this author luncheon I hosted. |
| 1:22.0 | And I just have so much respect for her. |
| 1:25.2 | And I know she's still going through a hard time, health-wise, |
| 1:29.5 | and so I'm sending her all the amazing vibes that there are in the world, and I'm just forever |
| 1:37.0 | in her corner, and I hope that you all enjoy our conversation. Sarah is a licensed clinical |
| 1:41.8 | psychologist based in New York City. She received her doctorate, a |
| 1:45.1 | P.D. from Rutgers University, and a BA in studio art from Bard College. She lives in Manhattan |
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