{"id":4179,"date":"2020-09-14T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4179"},"modified":"2020-09-13T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T15:11:00","slug":"episode-157-i-know-this-much-is-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-157-i-know-this-much-is-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 157 – I Know This Much Is True"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Think of the saddest thing you can imagine. No, sadder. Make it fifty times sadder. Okay, you are in the vicinity of comprehending the levels of tragedy porn Wally Lamb has packed into his novel\u00a0I Know This Much Is True<\/em><\/a>. Because life in 2020 wasn’t already sad enough, and because\u00a0some<\/em> of us love Mark Ruffalo, we brought Arielle<\/a> back to discuss this peak 90s Oprah’s Book Club pick. Content warnings for just about every imaginable potential trigger. We are serious!<\/p>\n

Readers advisory<\/strong>:\u00a0Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes: <\/strong>“\u2018This will happen\u2019: Mark Ruffalo moved mountains to make HBO\u2019s new Emmy hopeful” by Meredith Blake<\/a><\/p>\n

“Why I Almost Stopped Watching ‘I Know This Much Is True’ After the First Episode” by Rebecca Chamaa<\/a><\/p>\n

Oprah’s Book Club: The Complete List<\/a><\/p>\n

Candy Pairing:\u00a0<\/strong> Arielle says Torrone,<\/a> Kait says your favorite candy that’s been stomped into the dirt<\/a>, Renata says generic fundraiser candy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coming up next:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Midnight Sun<\/em> by Stephenie Meyer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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