Welcome to the short stacks, our shorter conversations with authors about their process and their books. I'm your host

Tracy Thomas and we are joined today by author and journalist Kim Brooks. We

discuss Kim's second book, Small Animals, Parenting in the Age of Fear, which

looks at the ways in which raising children

and the anxieties that come with that have changed in the last 20 years.

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well as the links to the social media accounts of both Kim Brooks and

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I listen to Kim's book Small Animals as an audiobook and it was fantastic.

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listening through Apple Podcasts. Okay, now it's time for my spoiler-free

conversation with Kim Brooks about small animals.

All right everybody I'm here today with author Kim Brooks. Kim's book is called Small Animals,

Parenthood and the Age of Fear. The book came out about a year ago, but it just came out in

paperback on August 20th. So if you haven't read it yet, make sure you run out and

grab the book. Kim, thank you so much for being here. Thank you for having me,

Tracy. So we always start in the same place on these episodes. Can you tell us about your book in about 30 seconds or so?

Oh, wow, okay.

Well, I would say it's a hybrid between memoir and cultural criticism and a parenting book all wrapped up in one.

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