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 story time. Hello, welcome back. Happy New Year. I'm so excited to be back with you. I hope you all had a

lovely holiday. And I'm thrilled to be back with you. You know, usually January feels kind of like a letdown, right?

Christmas is over. I'm home from visiting family. There are still so many more months of winter.

How is that possible? Right? But there are. But I'm actually really excited this year because I

absolutely cannot wait to start this new book with you. I've been waiting and waiting and it's

finally here. I've been looking forward to it so much and it has kind of lessened the holiday letdown

for me. So thank you. Thank you for that. Thank you for being here with me and giving me something

to be excited for in January. This is also the one year anniversary of story time for grownups. We began last January with

Jane Eyre, and here we are in January again, and we're going to be reading The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins. You know, those of you who've been here from the beginning know that Jane

Air is my all-time favorite book, and that's what we started with. The Woman in

White is legitimately my second favorite book of all time. I love this book so much, and I absolutely

cannot wait to share it with you. If you missed the other books we've done so far, if you're

just joining us for the first time, first of all, welcome. I'm so glad to have you

here. But also, you can find those other books, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, and Christmas

Carol. You can find those episodes in your podcast feed. They're all still there. So you can listen

to those books along with this one. If you're interested, some people like to listen to the books

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