Cher Ami | Top Shelf with Carol Ann Tack

Happy 175th Episode!

I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate 175 episodes than conversing with the pretty perfect, Kathleen Rooney. Her brand new book, Man Overboard, is a funny and moving novel in which a former college swimmer falls off a cruise ship…or was he pushed? In the meantime, he has to keep treading water as memories and regrets wash over him. I fell for this book hook, line, and sinker.

I had a blast discussing Man Overboard!, the Gulf of Mexico, cruise ships, Kathleen’s inspiration for the book, her collaboration with her sister for Leaf Town Forever, and most important: music! Kathleen Rooney is the gift that keeps on giving and I’m thrilled she came back on the show for the second time.

Kathleen Rooney suggests: Gerald’s Game by Stephen King, Lives of the Saints, and The Oyster Diaries both by Nancy Lemann. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace.

Large Hearted Boy playlists!

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