They Called Me Number One -Episode 6
12/05/22 • 34 min
Ducks, names, insults, mom stories, fake news, and residential schools. Concluding their series on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.
Discussion Points:
- Voicemails
- Ducks
- Children swearing and “insulting” hand gestures
- Truth and Reconciliation summary
- Mom stories
- Australian residential schools
- Making the “other” scary
- Names - What name could you have had? What name would you prefer? Remembering people’s names on the first meeting.
- Being late
- Other fan feedback and followups
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Australia's Dark Secret: The Inhumane Treatment of Indigenous Peoples
Ducks, names, insults, mom stories, fake news, and residential schools. Concluding their series on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.
Discussion Points:
- Voicemails
- Ducks
- Children swearing and “insulting” hand gestures
- Truth and Reconciliation summary
- Mom stories
- Australian residential schools
- Making the “other” scary
- Names - What name could you have had? What name would you prefer? Remembering people’s names on the first meeting.
- Being late
- Other fan feedback and followups
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Australia's Dark Secret: The Inhumane Treatment of Indigenous Peoples
Previous Episode
They Called Me Number One -Episode 5
Reconciliation, the climate crisis, and Bev Sellars’ life. The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, then share their final book reports.
Discussion Points:
- Reconciliation
- Climate crisis
- Would they recommend the book?
- Bev Sellars’ life and accomplishments
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Next Episode
Off The Shelf - Episode 9 with Kirsten Karchmer
Another follow up interview with inspiring Kirsten Karchmer, author of “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” What has she been up to since we last spoke to her?
Discussion Points:
- Fertility in the world and changing issues surrounding fertility
- Skinny jeans
- Puberty
- Plastics/BPA affecting fertility
- Periods
- Men and love languages
- Sex toys and the history of the vibrator
- Raising children with honesty
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok
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