Ep. 439 Fish Tales by Nettie Jones — The Stacks Book Club (Sequoia Holmes)

And that is something that I appreciated about it.

It was very non-judgmental overall.

Yes.

You know? Like, it, it, there was no morality around it.

There was no, you know, like, "This is how bad people behave, and this is-

Right

... how good people behave." It was literally just a fictionalized, inflated or heightened version of things that she has experienced, to my surprise.

[laughs]

I was like, "Girl, you been through this?"

Yeah.

Ah, Nettie, you okay? I literally had to look her up.

Oh, yeah.

I needed all types of stuff, 'cause I'm like, wait, what do you mean, uh, that this is, this was your life?

Yeah.

Girl.

Yeah.

Are you okay today? [upbeat music]

And that is something that I appreciated about it.

It was very non-judgmental overall.

Yes.

You know? Like, it, it, there was no morality around it.

There was no, you know, like, "This is how bad people behave, and this is-

Right

... how good people behave." It was literally just a fictionalized, inflated or heightened version of things that she has experienced, to my surprise.

[laughs]

I was like, "Girl, you been through this?"

Yeah.

Ah, Nettie, you okay? I literally had to look her up.

Oh, yeah.

I needed all types of stuff, 'cause I'm like, wait, what do you mean, uh, that this is, this was your life?

Yeah.

Girl.

Yeah.

Are you okay today? [upbeat music]