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3 Desires & a 14th-Century Headstrong Norwegian

For the final episode of this season, Tsh chats with Abigail Favale, a fellow author and all-around great gal. She shares her childhood book—one Tsh has never heard of—and one she’s read as an adult that’s been on Tsh’s TBR list for absolute ever.* Abigail Favale’s new novel, Our ...  Show more

A 14th-Century Boys’ School & a Myth of Sacrificial Love

Annelise Roberts is a wife and mom of six kids whom she homeschools while raising animals on their homestead in North Carolina. She shares with Tsh a beloved childhood book (that’s very fitting for her life right now), as well as one of the most mind-blowing works of fiction from ...  Show more

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