Grief experts, Alyssa Christensen and Amy Lipins join us on the front porch to discuss A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. We discuss the power of community and support to help those who have lost a loved one honor their person and learn to heal. Alyssa and Amy work at Mourning Hope Grief Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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In Frederik Backman’s A Man Called Ove, Ove is the quintessential grumpy old man. The self-appointed enforcer of Residents’ Association rules. The responsible man frustrated by the incompetence of everyone around him. The despiser of computers and consultants and joggers. Ove has lost his beloved wife and just been forcibly retired from his job. He has no friends. He decides to end his life. When a new neighbor backs a moving trailer into Ove’s empty rose bed, Ove’s plans to end his life are thwarted again and again. Soon Ove has unintentionally drawn around him a muddle of neighbors, and a stray cat, who collectively shape a new purpose for his life.
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We welcome Front Porch Book Club friend Marlene Castillo to discuss Kiley Reid’s debut novel Such A Fun Age.
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In Kiley Reid’s debut novel, Such A Fun Age, a racial profiling sets college-educated Emira on a collision course with her employer, Alix, and new boyfriend Kelley. Emira is looking for a good job with health insurance and would prefer not to be the latest racial incident. Alix and Kelley have their own ideas about Emira’s future, until they meet each other (again!).
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In his book, Max Out Mindset, Larry “Doc” Widman describes the mindset skills we can apply to max out our performance in athletics and life. Most New Year’s resolutions have been abandoned by February. Doc shares with us how to set and achieve our goals using the building blocks of positive psychology. We learn that elite athletes struggle with the same mindset challenges Linny does when she’s on the pickleball court. Doc shares with us that the same strategies that made Jordan Larson an Olympic gold medalist may help Linny improve her game, too.
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