Rachel chats with Emi Nietfeld, author of the debut memoir, ACCEPTANCE. ACCEPTANCE comes out on August 2, 2022, and follows Emi during her young adulthood, through the foster care system, mental health facilities, residence at an arts high school, temporary homelessness, and more on her way to college and beyond. Emi talks about the process of writing a memoir, plus recommendations for books she's loved recently.
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The Books We Talked About:
Acceptance by Emi Nietfeld
Blueprint your Bestseller by Stuart Horwitz
Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford
NSFW by Isabel Kaplan
Post Traumatic by Chantal B Johnson
Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (audiobook)
Sirens and Muses by Antonia Angress
Bonus Episode: Winter Reads
Boarding School Novels Bonus Episode with Meghan Phillips
A Movie Buff Who Can't Find Time to Read
A Bookseller Used to Giving Out the Book Recs
A Chorus Manager Looking for Music-Filled Books
A Penne Vodka Expert Finds Amore With a Beach Read
An Artist Who Wants to Fall in Book Love at First Sight
Shalita Grant Meets a Few New Characters
A Documentarian Who Loves Sweets and Strong Heroines
A Social Justice Lawyer and Books About Sisters of All Kinds
Bonus Episode: Comedian Ginny Hogan on Dating and "Unlikeable" Characters
An "Indian Matchmaking" Alum Gets Set Up With Six Books
Bonus Episode: Adrienne Celt on Writing Time Travel, Drawing Cartoons, and Translating Russian Classics for Fun
A Playwright With an Italy Obsession
Bonus Episode: Valentine's Day Reading Recommendations
Episode 10: A Matchmaker Gets Set Up With Her Dream Reads
Episode 9: An Editor in Love With Outer Space and Romance Novels
Bonus Episode: Spooky Season Reads
Episode 8: A Ukulele Enthusiast Seeking Engaging Nonfiction
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