Aug 1, 2026 · 55 min · 9 segments
My sister Megan joins me for a discussion of the much-loved book she’s had since the early 80s, Beauty, by Robin McKinley, a retelling of “Beauty and the Beast.” Megan’s copy of the book, held…
Seth HeasleyHost
Robin McKinley, who I discovered, has the same birthday that I do, just a different year.
I read it a couple of times a year at least from the first time that I read it on for probably seven or eight years.
And then I think that, and I would just read it and then start reading it again.
I was thinking when, kind of in the lead up to this, I remembered, I had this sense memory of a really battered copy of it that you had that at some point ended up on a bookshelf in the downstairs, but out in the sort of playroom area, in the common area.
And I remember seeing it there all the time and, you know, being interested by the cover because it was pretty lady on it.
I still have it, and it's held together by a hairband because, yeah, everything's fallen off.
Robin McKinley, who I discovered, has the same birthday that I do, just a different year.
I read it a couple of times a year at least from the first time that I read it on for probably seven or eight years.
And then I think that, and I would just read it and then start reading it again.
I was thinking when, kind of in the lead up to this, I remembered, I had this sense memory of a really battered copy of it that you had that at some point ended up on a bookshelf in the downstairs, but out in the sort of playroom area, in the common area.
And I remember seeing it there all the time and, you know, being interested by the cover because it was pretty lady on it.
I still have it, and it's held together by a hairband because, yeah, everything's fallen off.
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