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Winter 1952. Penelope Fitzgerald’s husband is a struggling alcoholic, their literary journal is on the brink, and she is pregnant with their third child. Out of the blue she receives a letter from two spinster sisters named Delaney, distant relations with a silver mine, who dangle the possibility of an inheritance. Jessica Francis Kane’s brilliantly imagined Fonseca fictionalizes Penelope’s real and momentous trip to northern Mexico in pursuit of this legacy, a creative and practical lifeline.

At 40, May Attaway is more at home with plants than people. Over the years, she's turned inward, finding pleasure in language, her work as a gardener, and keeping her neighbors at arm's length while keenly observing them. But when she is unexpectedly granted some leave from her job, May is inspired to reconnect with four once close friends. She knows they will never have a proper reunion, so she goes, one by one, to each of them. A student of the classics, May considers her journey a female Odyssey.

Once Upon an Upset is a podcast of stories and conversations to help make sense of difficult times, for kids and parents. New episodes every Wednesday! (All episodes written, performed and produced by Jessica Laurel Kane, and all music made by Jerome Rossen at Freshmade Music.) I also started another podcast for adults only—Once Upon an Upset-The Interviews—where I interview people about topics such as mental health and parenting. And if you’re interested in listening to my memoir-based podcast for adults about my mother, who passed unexpectedly in 2016, it’s called A Woman Called ...

The good, the bad, and the ugly about dating after 40. Beverly and Jessica have managed to make a bad situation funny as hell to listen to. What to do and what not to do so you don't waste anymore time on the wolves. This book was so much fun to write. Jessica and I had very similar circumstances with our love lives. As we told each other stories and secrets we could not help but laugh at what the hell we were thinking getting hooked up with these men.

This podcast is an exploration of what it means to live ON PURPOSE. It’s about ordinary people doing extraordinary things.PURPOSE UPRISING is a movement, bringing us closer to a world where individuality is celebrated, creative gifts are nurtured, and where everyone is contributing to the collective in a unique and meaningful way.These conversations aren’t meant to teach listeners anything new … they are meant to stir and activate a deep inner knowing.

My mother passed unexpectedly in 2016. She was brilliant and hysterically funny but also suffered a lot. In A Woman Called Mother, I share the stories and scenes I collected from our time together, and also the stories and scenes I’ve been collecting from my present perspective since becoming a mother myself. I’m taking a break from posting because I’m working on finishing my memoir about my relationship with my mother. I will update once I have a release date for the book. Thank you! (I also have a podcast for kids and parents called Once Upon an Upset.)

Once Upon an Upset — The Interviews This podcast contains interviews only, about topics such as mental health and parenting, based on the content from my other podcast for kids and parents: Once Upon an Upset, stories and conversations to help make sense of difficult times. For adults only. New episodes on occasion. To listen to my other podcast, the Once Upon an Upset Podcast for kids and parents, please visit www.onceuponanupset.com.

A stunning first novel that is an evocative reimagining of a World War II civilian disaster. On a March night in 1943, on the steps of a London Tube station, 173 people die in a crowd seeking shelter from what seemed to be another air raid. When the devastated neighborhood demands an inquiry, the job falls to magistrate Laurence Dunne. In this beautifully crafted novel, Jessica Francis Kane paints a vivid portrait of London at war.

In this very entertaining audiobook, you’ll meet a nervous butterfly who just wants to stay inside her cocoon. You'll meet a little bird who swallows a cell phone and inadvertently offends all the other birds with his new chirp. You'll meet a little seed who is very tired of waiting to blossom. You’ll meet a man who is really a pigeon deep down inside. You’ll meet a little girl who eats way too many sweets. You’ll meet a little boy who finds out it's pretty lonely to be better than everyone else. Plus much more!

Today, God continues to be a God of miracles and works his wonders in the lives of ordinary people. In this collection, you will hear the stories of people from a variety of backgrounds who have experienced miraculous events in their lives. Feel inspired as you listen to the modern-day wonders that God is working all around us.

Die introvertierte Gärtnerin May Attaway steht mit vierzig an einem Scheidepunkt in ihrem Leben. Als sie unerwartet vier Wochen Urlaub bekommt, erkennt sie, dass ihr Leben nur aus Routinen besteht und sie sehr einsam ist. Zeit also, sich gewissen Fragen zu stellen: Warum hat sie sich nie der Liebe hingegeben? Was ist aus ihren Freundschaften geworden? May beschließt ihre abgeschottete Welt zu verlassen und herauszufinden, wer sie in Gesellschaft ist. Sie besucht nacheinander vier Freundinnen und macht dabei unerwartete Erfahrungen, die ihr Leben völlig verändern.