Conversations with Authors - Jason and Paris Rosenthal
Sunday, June 21st • 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT
Jason and Paris Rosenthal
Friends,
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Book Passage community for tuning in to our Father's Day virtual event. We know there were many ways you could have spent your time, so joining us and supporting this wonderful bookstore meant the world to us. This global pandemic has caused a huge shift in all of our lives. If you have gone through a loss during this time, we hope you found some value in our open discussion of the topics we discussed. We need to keep talking with one another about our personal stories and about the events of the day.
Here are some books Jason has on his nightstand:
- Until the End of Time by Brian Greene
- Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb
- Finding Chika by Mitch Albom
- Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind by Annaka Harris
- And, of course, Amy Krouse Rosenthal's inimitable memoir, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
As for Paris, some of her recent favorite books include:
- Am I There Yet? by Mari Andrew
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
- And anything written by John Green
She recommends a few books that cover topics such as death, dying, loss, and finding meaning: From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty, When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalinithi, and Man’s Search For Meaning by Vicktor Frankl.
Thank you,
—Jason and Paris
Below, please find links to purchase all of the books recommended by Jason and Paris, as well their own books.
Instant New York Times Best-seller
“A splendid and invigorating read.”
—Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
From the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose.
"When I stop crying, I'm calling my mother immediately and making her read it." --Jodi Picoult
"Comic lines as good as in any movie, and pathos as deep as in any novel" --Mike Birbiglia
"Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can’t help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become a classic.” --Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club and The Art of Memoir
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"If you’ve ever wondered how you have the capacity to wonder, some fascinating insights await you in these pages.” --Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals
A memoir in bite-size chunks from the author of the viral Modern Love column “You May Want to Marry My Husband.”
“[Rosenthal] shines her generous light of humanity on the seemingly humdrum moments of life and shows how delightfully precious they actually are.” —The Chicago Sun-Times
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This on-point guide to growing up by Instagram sensation Mari Andrew features “achingly vulnerable and completely relatable watercolor illustrations about relationships, heartbreak and the struggles of urban life” (The Washington Post).
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Now being developed as a television series with Eva Longoria and ABC!
“Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing.”—Katie Couric
“This is a daring, delight$14.99ISBN: 9780525555377Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Penguin Books - June 11th, 2019THE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER IS NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!
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“So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung.” – The New York Times$15.95ISBN: 9780393356281Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: W. W. Norton & Company - October 9th, 2018A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller
“Doughty chronicles [death] practices with tenderheartedness, a technician’s fascination, and an unsentimental respect for grief.” —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker$26.00ISBN: 9780812988406Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Random House - January 12th, 2016#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?
$15.00ISBN: 9780807014271Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Beacon Press - June 1st, 2006A book for finding purpose and strength in times of great despair, the international best-seller is still just as relevant today as when it was first published.
“This is a book I reread a lot . . . it gives me hope . . . it gives me a sense of strength.”
—Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNN$26.99ISBN: 9780062940599Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Harper - April 21st, 2020An inspiring memoir of life, love, loss, and new beginnings by the widower of bestselling children’s author and filmmaker Amy Krouse Rosenthal, whose last of act of love before her death was setting the stage for her husband’s life without her in the viral New York Times Modern Love column, “You May Want to Marry My Husband.”
$17.99ISBN: 9780062422514Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: HarperCollins - April 23rd, 2019Celebrate the good guys in your life with Dear Boy, a #1 New York Times bestseller. A gift to share for Father's Day, graduation, birthdays, or any day you want to honor your dear boy.
$17.99ISBN: 9780062422507Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: HarperCollins - December 26th, 2017The #1 New York Times bestseller that Today show co-anchor Hoda Kotb calls “a beautiful, beautiful book.”
