Ep. 71 | Chronic Illness and Mental Health

For August, Kendra, Sachi, and special guest Joce discuss books about chronic illness and mental health.

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Books Mentioned

• We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

• Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

• Ask Me About My Uterus by Abby Norman

• The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

Guest Picks

• Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

• Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Teresa Wong

Currently Reading

• Severance by Ling Ma

• Birdie by Tracey Lindberg

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About Joce

Joce is a Booktuber on her channel squibblesreads (on a hiatus, but will be back soon!), and a co-blogger at The Quiet Pond. She is an advocate for diversity and representation in books. Lately, she's been hanging out with her beautiful 5 month old daughter and loving motherhood. Her hobbies include calligraphy, running, weightlifting, and makeup. If she's not at Disneyland, she's probably destroying the patriarchy or taking a nap.

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Music by Isaac Greene