Stories from the Ashes Podcast - 014 Night Wakings, Grief, and the Healing Power of Poetry

014 Night Wakings, Grief, and the Healing Power of Poetry

08/15/22 • 85 min

Stories from the Ashes Podcast

Our Guest: Valerie Brandt.

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Featured books in this episode:

Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James (Amanda’s beach read)

Beach Read by Emily Henry- (aVal’s bawdy rom-com beach read)

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

Grown and Flown by Lisa Heffernan Mary Dell Harrington

Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 535 Easy(ish) Steps by Kelly Williams Brown (Content Considerations: Language)

Sweet People are Everywhere by Alice Walker

The Bargain Bride by Evelyn Sibley Lampman (Ambre also referred to Three Knocks on the Wall and Princess of Fort Vancouver, though not by name)

The Memory Box: A Book About Grief by Joanna Rowland and Thea Baker

The Treasure Box by Dave Keane, illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell.

All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living by Morgan Harper Nichols

Life by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Brendan Wenzel

Inside Cat by Brendan Wenzel

They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel

Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss

Unbetrothed by Candice Pedraza Yamnitz

Monster in the Hollows (Wingfeather Saga book 3) by Andrew Peterson

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr: Their lives, their times, their duel by Anna Erskine Crouse and Russell Crouse (a Landmark book)

Thomas Jefferson, His Many Talents by Johanna Johnston

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Almost Nothing, yet Everything: A Book about Water by Hiroshi Osada, illustrated by Ryoji Arai

A Drop Of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick

13 Ways to Kill Your Community by Doug Griffiths (Val mentioned this one in passing but we didn’t get around to discussing it)

Here’s a link to the article Ambre still wants to finish reading on Motherhood as a Hero’s Journey.

We’d love to hear what you’re been reading this summer!

Have any books especially touched you on the topics of grief or mental health? We’d love to hear about them!

-If your kids/teens have a book they would like to pitch to our community, please submit their brief reviews to

Our Guest: Valerie Brandt.

Find a free literary database containing books we’ve discussed here:

Featured books in this episode:

Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James (Amanda’s beach read)

Beach Read by Emily Henry- (aVal’s bawdy rom-com beach read)

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

Grown and Flown by Lisa Heffernan Mary Dell Harrington

Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 535 Easy(ish) Steps by Kelly Williams Brown (Content Considerations: Language)

Sweet People are Everywhere by Alice Walker

The Bargain Bride by Evelyn Sibley Lampman (Ambre also referred to Three Knocks on the Wall and Princess of Fort Vancouver, though not by name)

The Memory Box: A Book About Grief by Joanna Rowland and Thea Baker

The Treasure Box by Dave Keane, illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell.

All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living by Morgan Harper Nichols

Life by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Brendan Wenzel

Inside Cat by Brendan Wenzel

They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel

Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss

Unbetrothed by Candice Pedraza Yamnitz

Monster in the Hollows (Wingfeather Saga book 3) by Andrew Peterson

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr: Their lives, their times, their duel by Anna Erskine Crouse and Russell Crouse (a Landmark book)

Thomas Jefferson, His Many Talents by Johanna Johnston

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Almost Nothing, yet Everything: A Book about Water by Hiroshi Osada, illustrated by Ryoji Arai

A Drop Of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick

13 Ways to Kill Your Community by Doug Griffiths (Val mentioned this one in passing but we didn’t get around to discussing it)

Here’s a link to the article Ambre still wants to finish reading on Motherhood as a Hero’s Journey.

We’d love to hear what you’re been reading this summer!

Have any books especially touched you on the topics of grief or mental health? We’d love to hear about them!

-If your kids/teens have a book they would like to pitch to our community, please submit their brief reviews to

Previous Episode

013 A Chinese Heritage Threads Lesson with Jan McGrath

Our Guest: Jan McGrath

www.meimeimandarin.weebly.com

www.TellMeAStoryAgain.weebly.com

Find a free literary database containing the books we’ve discussed here:

Links on our website are often affiliate links- they don’t cost you any extra to use but they greatly help support the costs of running this site. Find the affiliate links from this episode please click here. Thank you!

Featured books in this episode:

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Silas Marner by George Eliot

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack, illustrated by Kurt Wiese

Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop, illustrated by Kurt Wiese

The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy

Gai See: What You Can See in Chinatown by Roseanne Thong, illustrated by Yangsook Choi

Little Pear by Eleanor Frances Lattimore and illustrated by Lattimore

Fish in the Air by Kurt Wise

Kite Flying by Grace Lin

Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin

The Legend of the Willow Plate by Alvin R. Tresselt

Empty Pot by Demi

The Greatest Treasure by Demi

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, illustrated by Blair Lent

To Grandmother's House: A Visit to Old-Town Beijing (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Douglas Keister

Thank You, Meiling (A Manners Children's Book) by Linda Talley, illustrated by Itoko Maeno

Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language by Deborah Fallows

Here are some other images related to the episode:

Calamityware (Ambre’s red mug)

“The Jasmine Song” a Chinese folk song traditionally known as “Mo Li Hua”

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For which country?

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