Podcasts about lifesaving friendship

Eddie and Kathy Cheyfitz had settled into a nice pace in life until a minor dental procedure lead to the discovery that he was in kidney failure. Eddie was preparing to begin dialysis, but his wife Kathy felt sure they would find a living donor before he got to that point. So it was a moment of relief when a long-time family friend, Karen, said she wanted to be tested and proved to be a good match. And then COVID hit.

Eva Hagberg is a journalist, professor, and author. She has a Ph.D. in Visual and Narrative Culture from UC Berkeley and has written for the leading publications: NY Times, Tin House and countless others. So yeah, she’s a badass. And for a long time, she carried a lot of shame, buried it in alcohol and drugs, and it wasn’t until she got sober and, later, became sick that she found a path to loving others and, in so doing, loving herself. She wrote a memoir about it, How To Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship and the book is getting rave reviews. She came to SHAMEBOOTH during her national book tour.

First Draft interview with Eva Hagberg Fisher, author of How to be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship.

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This week on Relationships 2.0 my guest is Eva Hagberg Fisher author of How To Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship About the book: A luminous memoir about how friendship saved one woman’s life, for anyone who has loved a friend who was sick, grieving, or lost—and for anyone who has struggled to seek or accept help Eva Hagberg Fisher spent her lonely youth looking everywhere for connection: drugs, alcohol, therapists, boyfriends, girlfriends. Sometimes she found it, but always temporarily. Then, at age thirty, an undiscovered mass in her brain ruptured. So did her life. A brain surgery marked only the beginning of a long journey, and when her illness hit a critical stage, it forced her to finally admit the long‑suppressed truth: she was vulnerable, she needed help, and she longed to grow. She needed true friendship for the first time. How to Be Loved is the story of how an isolated person’s life was ripped apart only to be gently stitched back together through friendship, and the recovery—of many stripes—that came along the way. It explores the isolation so many of us feel despite living in an age of constant connectivity; how our ambitions sometimes pull us apart more than bring us together; and how a simple doughnut, delivered by a caring soul, can become the essence of what makes a life valuable. With gorgeous prose shot through with empathy, pain, fear, and the secret truths inside all of us, Eva writes about the friends who taught her to grow up and open her heart—and how the relentlessness of suffering can give rise to the greatest joy. About the author: Eva Hagberg Fisher's writing has appeared in the New York Times, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Tin House, Wallpaper*, Wired, Guernica, and Dwell, among other places. She lives in California and New York City.

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Lost Children Archive, The Book of Delights, Early Riser, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by TBR, Book Riot's new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes, ThirdLove, and 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: Lost Children Archive: A novel by Valeria Luiselli How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship by Eva Hagberg Fisher Early Riser: A Novel by Jasper Fforde The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams The Heavens by Sandra Newman The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay The Psychology of Time Travel: A Novel by Kate Mascarenhas Savage Feast: Three Generations, Two Continents, and a Dinner Table (a Memoir with Recipes) by Boris Fishman What we're reading: Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself by Mark Epstein The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson More books out this week: Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: Third Edition by Gloria Steinem and Emma Watson Awake in the World by Jason Gurley Honey in the Carcase: Stories by Josip Novakovich Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto Finding Dorothy: A Novel by Elizabeth Letts Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison The Feminism Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK Rutting Season: Stories by Mandeliene Smith A Deadly Divide: A Mystery (Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak Novels) by Ausma Zehanat Khan Rag: Stories by Maryse Meijer Leading Men: A Novel by Christopher Castellani An Amateur's Guide to the Night: Stories by Mary Robison Oh!: A Novel by Mary Robison Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit: A Felicity Carrol Mystery by Patricia Marcantonio American Genius: A Comedy by Lynne Tillman The Test by Sylvain Neuvel The Good Lie by Tom Rosenstiel Together: A Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical Mishap by Judy Goldman  Northern Lights by Raymond Strom The Beast's Heart: A Novel of Beauty and the Beast by Leife Shallcross Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu Spectacle by Jodie Lynn Zdrok Elsewhere Home by Leila Aboulela The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes The Secretary: A Novel by Renée Knight Bom Boy by Yewande Omotoso The Blood Spell (Ravenspire) by C. J. Redwine Mother Winter: A Memoir by Sophia Shalmiyev American Spy: A Novel by Lauren Wilkinson Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan Territory of Light: A Novel by Yuko Tsushima, Geraldine Harcourt (Translator) The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders The Chef’s Secret: A Novel by Crystal King Lord by João Gilberto Noll, Edgar Garbelotto (translator) The Cassandra: A Novel by Sharma Shields Death Is Hard Work: A Novel by Khaled Khalifa, Leri Price (translator) Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America by Kyle Swenson The Hunting Party: A Novel by Lucy Foley The Night Tiger: A Novel by Yangsze Choo The Reckoning: A Thriller (Children's House Book 2) by Yrsa Sigurdardottir "Muslim": A Novel by Zahia Rahmani and Matt Reeck How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency by Akiko Busch Mama’s Last Hug: Animal and Human Emotions by Frans de Waal Long Shot by Azad What Every Girl Should Know: Margaret Sanger's Journey by J. Albert Mann Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttigieg The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film by W. K. Stratton The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu 77 by Guillermo Saccomanno and Andrea Labinger  

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Bowlaway, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, On the Come Up, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by TBR, Book Riot's new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes, and I Am Yours: A Shared Memoir by Reema Zaman, from Amberjack Publishing.. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. (Our apologies, there were technical difficulties and the sound is a little off this week.) Books discussed on the show: Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken  On the Come Up by Angie Thomas  Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James  Fraternity: An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men by Alexandra Robbins The Lost Man by Jane Harper  New Kid by Jerry Craft The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides  Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder by Reshma Saujani What we're reading: Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern More books out this week: Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li Savage Conversations by LeAnne Howe  Stalker: A Novel by Lars Kepler Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts by Jill Abramson Polaris Rising: A Novel by Jessie Mihalik I Am Yours: A Shared Memoir by Reema Zama The Clockwork Dragon (Section 13) by James R. Hannibal Willa & Hesper by Amy Feltman The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber Figuring by Maria Popova  Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport Jimmy Neurosis: A Memoir by James Oseland Courting Darkness by Robin LaFevers Watcher in the Woods: A Rockton Novel (Casey Duncan Novels Book 4) by Kelley Armstrong A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams The Waning Age by S. E. Grove The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams More Deadly than the Male: Masterpieces from the Queens of Horror by Graeme Davis The Peacock Feast: A Novel by Lisa Gornick The Made-Up Man: A Novel by Joseph Scapellato I Owe You One: A Novel by Sophie Kinsella What We Did: A Novel by Christobel Kent Best Babysitters Ever by Caroline Cala Enchantée by Gita Trelease The Atlas of Reds and Blues: A Novel by Devi S. Laskar  The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang When You Read This: A Novel by Mary Adkins The Writer's Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing by John Warner How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship by Eva Hagberg Fisher Notes from a Black Woman's Diary: Selected Works of Kathleen Collins by Kathleen Collins  No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Animal in History by Dane Huckelbridge The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons) by Jenn Lyons Stolen Time by Danielle Rollins Magical Negro by Morgan Parker  The Antidote by Shelley Sackier Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor  I Am God by Giacomo Sartori and Frederika Randall The Winter Sister by Megan Collins A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa Sheinmel The Age of Light: A Novel by Whitney Scharer  The Spirit of Science Fiction: A Novel by Roberto Bolaño and Natasha Wimmer Sea Monsters: A Novel by Chloe Aridjis  More Than Words by Jill Santopolo Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry: Stories (Art of the Story) by Elizabeth McCracken  Good Riddance by Elinor Lipman Don't Let Me Down: A Memoir by Erin Hosier Hard to Love: Essays and Confessions by Briallen Hopper American Pop by Snowden Wright Nothing but the Night (New York Review Books Classics) by John Williams Wild Life by Molly Gloss The Hundred Wells of Salaga: A Novel by Ayesha Harruna Attah  The Coronation: A Fandorin Mystery by Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield (translator) The Last Romantics: A Novel by Tara Conklin  The Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonald Tonic and Balm by Stephanie Allen Don't Wake Up: A Novel by Liz Lawler The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman Europe: A Natural History by Tim Flannery Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You by Scotto Moore Bellini and the Sphinx by Tony Bellotto Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion by Nishta J. Mehra Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter by Tom Clavin The Falcon of Sparta: A Novel by Conn Iggulden Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Graphic Novel: A Modern Retelling of Little Women by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo 10,000 Bones by Joe Ollinger The Dead Ex: A Novel by Jane Corry Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds: The first official Stranger Things novel by Gwenda Bond Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems by Theodora Goss Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones by Micah Dean Hicks The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib One Fatal Mistake by Tom Hunt The Be-Bop Barbarians: A Graphic Novel by Gary Phillips and Dale Berry Evil Things by Katja Ivar The Best of R. A. Lafferty by R. A. Lafferty Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom by P M Freestone