Hello and welcome to Storytime for Grownups. I'm Faith Moore, and this is summer session.

Normally on Story Time for Grownups, we read classic literature, a few chapters at a time with a few

notes along the way, like an audiobook with built-in notes. But during the summer, we switch

things up a little. From now until September,

we will be in summer session, which is sort of like a college class, only fun. This summer,

we're exploring fairy tales and their relationship to the books we've read this year on

storytime and storytelling more broadly. We'll do this in once-a-week episodes, which will drop

on Mondays. If this doesn't sound like your thing, don't worry. Storytime will be back with a new

book in September. But for now, brew a pot of tea, find a cozy chair, and settle in. Class

is in session.

Hi everyone. Welcome back. We are in our second Maidenhood episode today. So we're continuing our

conversation from last week about Maidenhood. So if you missed that conversation and you would

like to start from the beginning of this little tiny series that we're doing here on Summer

Session, you can find last week's episode,

but otherwise, stay here with us. I'm so glad you're here. I'm always so happy to be with you.

Thank you for listening. Thank you for being a part of this summer. I know it's not exactly what

this show is meant to be. This is a show where we read classic books aloud a few chapters

at a time with a few notes along the way and we take questions about it and we deep dive into

all of these things and in the summer we're doing something a little different. So I really am

so grateful that you've come along for the ride that we've picked up new people along the way.

I'm always so amazed when that happens and so thrilled. So thank you for joining us in

whatever capacity you are joining us, whether you've been listening since the very, very beginning

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