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Genevieve Kingston is the author of Did I Ever Tell You a Memoir?

This is my Zibby's Book Club pick.

So join Zibby's Book Club, and you can hear Genevieve, and she goes by Gwen, by the way.

Gwen and I, me talk about the book, and you can watch our in-person podcast and all the rest.

So please sign up on Zibby's Book Club, which you can find on bookclubs.com and just

search Zibbys Book Club. Anyway, back to Gwen. Genevieve Kingston holds BAs in Theater and

Linguistics from UC Berkeley and an MFA in acting from Brown University, Trinity Repertory Theater.

She is the author of Four Plays and Three one acts. In May 2021, her essay,

she put her unspent love in a cardboard box, appeared in the New York Times' modern love column.

Did I ever tell you is her first book? She lives with her partner in Brooklyn, New York,

and FYI, that essay from the New York Times is so good, and I cry every time I read it. Welcome, Genevieve.

Thank you so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss. Did I ever

tell you a memoir, which is my Zibis Book Club pick because I really, really love it and it's so good

and you're a great writer and the story is so moving and it's really awesome. So congrats. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. It's my pleasure. And you go by Gwen, right? I do. I answer to everything, but yes, most people call me Gwen. Okay. I mean, I could make up some names. Anything. Anything. Anything. All right. So Susan. Right. Yes. Yes, it be. Okay. Well, we've just survived you watching me try to set this whole thing up. So thank you for your infinite patience, which you have a calming presence. And that was very lovely. So thank you for that. I am honored and excited to be here. Okay. Did I ever tell you tell? Now you have to actually tell me. I haven't told you yet, but I yet. Okay. So did I ever tell you tell, now you have to actually tell me.

I haven't told you yet, but I yet. Okay. So did I ever tell you is the story of how I lost my mother when I was 11, but continued to find her again and again at all these critical moments throughout my life. So before she died, my mom put together a cardboard chest. And in it, she packed gifts and letters

for every one of my birthdays until I turned 30 and for things like getting my driver's

license and graduating high school and getting engaged and married and having my first child.

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