Hello and welcome to Story Time for Grownups. I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book,

pausing from time to time to give brief explanations, so it's easier to follow along. It's like an

audiobook with built-in notes.

So brew a pot of tea, find a cozy chair, and settle in.

It's this time. so many emails from you in the time since the last episode aired. And I love it. I love getting your

emails. And there has been a theme this time, actually. The theme has been men writing in to say,

I'm sure I'm your only male listener, but I'm really enjoying this show. So first of all,

thank you for those. Thank you for telling me that you're enjoying the show. I'm so glad you are. And so I just want to take a moment to say, welcome to all my male listeners.

There are many of you. You are not alone. This is not a women's only club. There are men here.

There are also children. A lot of stay-at-home moms are listening with their very young children, which is wonderful.

I love it when you guys write into me to tell me that someone just said there's a three-and-a-half-year-old listening a couple of seasons ago.

We had a two-year-old. We have a bunch of little tiny kids listening along with us, which is fantastic.

And we also have young adults who listen in the car, in the car pool, on the way home from school and on their way to various practices.

So this is an all-inclusive book experience for everyone and whoever you are, whatever your situation, however you listen, whether you're in your cozy chair or in your car, or taking a

walk or at work, whatever you're doing, wherever you are, whoever you are, welcome. This show is

for you, and I am so glad that you're here with us today. Just a quick reminder, if you're

enjoying the show, don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss any of those episodes and tap those

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if you would leave a positive review. Those things all help the show to grow, to get more listeners,

and that helps me to be able to spend more time on it if the show is doing well. So thank you

for doing those things if you

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